Gitolite is a powerful and flexible tool that allows you to easily manage your Git repositories. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Gitolite on nixOS.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
The first step is to install Git on nixOS by opening a terminal and running the following command:
$ sudo nix-env -i git
To run Gitolite, we need a dedicated user. We will create a user named "git" by running the following commands:
$ sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash git
Now that we have Git installed and a dedicated user, we can proceed to install Gitolite. To install, we will first clone the Gitolite repository:
$ git clone git://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite.git
Next, we will move into the gitolite directory and run the install script:
$ cd gitolite
$ sudo ./install -ln /usr/local/bin
By default, Gitolite is installed in the home directory of the git user. However, we have specified the -ln option in the above command to change the installation location to /usr/local/bin to make it available system-wide.
Once the installation is completed successfully, we can proceed to set up Gitolite. We will switch to the git user and run the command:
$ su - git
$ gitolite setup -pk ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
The above command initializes Gitolite and sets up the admin user with the supplied public key. You can use your own public key instead of the one provided above.
Now that Gitolite is set up, we can test it by cloning the admin Gitolite repository. To do so, run the following command from any location:
$ git clone git@localhost:gitolite-admin.git
If the above command runs successfully, it means Gitolite has been installed and configured correctly.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Gitolite on nixOS. You can now use Gitolite to manage your Git repositories.
If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!
