Gitosis is software to manage a collection of Git repositories on a server accessible by SSH, without creating local accounts for the users. It has not been updated since 2009. Gitolite is an actively developed alternative with a richer feature set. Use this tag for help with Gitosis installation and usage.
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Hudson(Jenkins) and remote git repository get permission denied
I have setup hudson to check out from my remote git repository but i get
**Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,keyboard-interactive).**
my git repository uses gitosis and works when i clone via the command line. Hudson is…

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hudson cannot access git repository
I am trying to get hudson to pull from a remote repository, I have set up an ssh trust relationship between the hudson user from /usr/lib/hudson/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to the gitosis keydir (like I have done for hundreds of other users)
when I ssh in as…

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How to track post-receive hook in gitosis
Is there are way of managing a post-receive hook via gitosis-admin so that changes to it can be tracked?
I gitosis on a remote server with a couple of repositories that I can push to. The 2 repositories are setup via gitosis-admin and each have a…

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Using a gitosis git repository with XCode 4
Hi
I've been trying to access my git repository from XCode 4.
Everything works just fine using the command line tools. I can clone my repo using:
git clone git@example.com:somerepo.git
But in XCode, when trying to…

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What does invalid option mean when I do a git push?
I have set up my own git server with gitosis. It seems to be functioning correctly but when I do a git push I get an error message
Counting objects: 5, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing…

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How can I install Gitosis to my server without sudo access?
I am trying to follow these commands.
I managed install Git to my server without sudo access. However, I need sudo access to add a new user: See this. It seems that Gitosis is very hard to install without sudo access.

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Problem with git
I'm new to git.
I need to use public key to push changes from my repo.
How can I administer users ? If i want delete an user ?
Is The public key management the only way to administer a git system ?

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Gitosis on Ubuntu can only find repositories in the git->repositories symlink
I have gitosis on my Ubuntu box and suddenly, it can't find any repositories on the old path.
Yesterday this worked:
git clone git@mymachine.com:myproject.git
Today, I get the reply:
fatal: 'myproject.git' does not appear to be a git repository
I…

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Git: Cloning gitosis admin repo locally
I set up a git repo with gitosis on my ubuntu 10.04 server using the following guide:
http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way
It works fine and dandy, I can clone the configuration to my ubuntu 10.10 desktop…

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Existing website on ubuntu that want to change to deploy using gitosis - process?
I have an existing directory on my webserver, currently deployed to by file copy, that I'd like to change to deploying with gitosis. How can I create a new gitosis repository to point to this web directory and then clone it down to my local machine?

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How does heroku ensure only app owners can git push to the heroku bare repo
Heroku has a really neat deployment mechanism. It piggybacks
on a popular git tool. To deploy, all users have to do is
git push heroku master
I'm reading https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/authentication
with the hope of setting something up so…

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Where can I find for the location of the repos managed by Gitosis in Linux
We are using Gitosis in our Linux OS server to manage our projects. One time, I mistakenly pushed the config file which contains errors and then I wasn't able to push changes or clone copies of other projects from the server anymore, including…

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Can I configure gitosis to ask for passwords and check against an Active Directory
I have successfully installed and configured gitosis on an Ubuntu server. We're currently just a few developers creating a development platform for a large organization (more than 2000 employees.)
Currently they use subversion for version control.…

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Possible to check out a specific branch using gitosis
I have gitosis setup and working wonderfully using ssh. git@domain.com:repository.git works just as expected. Can clone, push, pull, etc.
I was wondering if I can use git to pull a specific branching however.…

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gitsosis, redmine, passenger: 'not a git repository' error
I installed gitosis and redmine and am running it through apache/passenger on CentOS. The problem is I cannot access the repositories through redmine. The error being "The entry or revision was not found in the repository.
My repository is stored…

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