From 572a34740f521bc1d7ff651f0d510bfbe84503bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sitaram Chamarty Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:46:02 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] doc/0: emphasise the importance of ssh --- doc/0-INSTALL.mkd | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/0-INSTALL.mkd b/doc/0-INSTALL.mkd index bb22bb6..a0cf54b 100644 --- a/doc/0-INSTALL.mkd +++ b/doc/0-INSTALL.mkd @@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ if he chooses to. This document tells you how to install gitolite. After the install is done, you may want to see the [admin document][admin] for adding users, repos, etc. +**Please note** that gitolite depends heavily on proper ssh setup and pubkey +based access. Sadly, most people don't know ssh as well as they think they +do. To make matters worse, ssh problems in gitolite don't always look like +ssh problems. Please read about [ssh troubleshooting][doc6] if you have *any* +kind of trouble installing gitolite! + [admin]: http://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/pu/doc/2-admin.mkd +[doc6]: http://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/pu/doc/6-ssh-troubleshooting.mkd In this document: