Gitlist is a web-based interface that allows you to browse and view repositories stored in Git. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Gitlist on Linux Mint Latest.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to download Gitlist from the official website. In a terminal, run the following command:
wget https://github.com/klaussilveira/gitlist/releases/download/1.0.2/gitlist-1.0.2.tar.gz
This will download the Gitlist package to your Linux Mint Latest system.
Next, extract the Gitlist package with the following command:
tar xzf gitlist-1.0.2.tar.gz
This will create a new directory called gitlist-1.0.2.
Now, move the contents of this directory to your web server's document root with the following command:
sudo cp -r gitlist-1.0.2/* /var/www/html/
This will copy all of the Gitlist files to your web server's document root.
Before you can use Gitlist, you need to configure it with your repository locations. Open the Gitlist configuration file for editing with the following command:
sudo nano /var/www/html/config.ini
In this file, you'll see several settings that you can configure. The most important setting is repositories[], which is where you'll specify the location of your Git repositories.
To configure this setting, replace # git repos location with the path to your Git repositories, like this:
repositories[] = "/home/user/repos"
You can specify multiple repositories by adding additional repositories[] lines, like this:
repositories[] = "/home/user/repos/project1"
repositories[] = "/home/user/repos/project2"
Save and exit the configuration file when you're finished.
To ensure that Gitlist can access your repositories, you need to set appropriate file permissions. Run the following command to set the correct permissions:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html
This will give ownership of the Gitlist files to Apache and set the correct file permissions to allow Apache to access the files.
Finally, restart Apache to ensure that the changes take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Gitlist should now be installed and available at http://localhost/gitlist (or the IP address of your Linux Mint Latest system).
Congratulations! You've successfully installed Gitlist on Linux Mint Latest. You can now use Gitlist to browse and view your Git repositories via a web interface.
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