Gitolite is a free and open-source tool designed for managing Git repositories. It allows you to restrict access to various Git repositories through a central server. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gitolite on OpenBSD.
Before starting with the installation, make sure you have:
To install Gitolite on OpenBSD, follow the steps below:
# pkg_add -u
# pkg_add gitolite
This will install the Gitolite package on your OpenBSD server.
To set up Gitolite on OpenBSD, follow the steps below:
# adduser git
$ sudo -H -u git bash
$ gitolite setup -pk git.pub
Here, 'git.pub' is the public key of the user who will be accessing the Git repositories. Make sure to replace it with the appropriate public key.
To create a Git repository using Gitolite on OpenBSD, follow the steps below:
$ sudo -H -u git bash
$ mkdir /home/git/repositories/repo.git
Here, 'repo.git' is the name of the Git repository.
$ cd /home/git/repositories/repo.git
$ git init --bare
$ nano /home/git/.gitolite/conf/gitolite.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
repo repo
RW+ = user
Here, 'repo' is the name of the Git repository, and 'user' is the username of the user who will have read and write access to the repository.
Save the changes and exit the editor.
Commit and push the changes to Gitolite:
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Added repository 'repo'"
$ git push origin master
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and set up Gitolite on OpenBSD. You can now create as many Git repositories as you want and give access to multiple users based on your requirements.
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