deac/gitolite
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Releases Wiki Activity

(here's more proof that writing code is easier...)

Browse source 
streamline the README and the install doc a fair bit, especially make
'from-client' install deprecated, and relegate it to an Appendix.
This commit is contained in:
Sitaram Chamarty 2011-05-28 17:53:27 +05:30
parent 660fad954a
commit b706719a56
3 changed files with 294 additions and 289 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

57
README.mkd
View file

@ -2,38 +2,31 @@
<a name="start"></a>
***IMPORTANT NOTE: There is a [master table of contents of all gitolite
documentation][docs] that can help if you're looking for stuff. Just click
the link and use your browser's search function (Ctrl-F, usually) to look for
likely sounding words. All documents are listed, as well as links to section
headers in some of the longer documents***
[docs]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite
The [install][install] document has a quick install section at the top for the
impatient. Just remember that "impatient" does not always mean "successful"
;-)
----
Gitolite is an access control layer on top of git, which allows access control
down to the branch level, including specifying who can and cannot *rewind* a
given branch.
given branch. [Here][who]'s some information on some of the projects and
people using gitolite (and who, in turn, have helped shape its features).
Gitolite comes with a **huge** amount of documentation. If you're absolutely
new, the suggested reading order is this:
* the README (this document) for a quick intro
* the [INSTALL][install] document
* the most common installation issues are caused by ssh. Here's how
[gitolite uses ssh][doc9gas]. And here's an [ssh trouble
shooting][doc6sts] document
* the [ADMIN][admin] document
* (if you're migrating from gitosis, read [this][migr])
If you run into trouble start [here](#support). If you're migrating from
gitosis, read [this][migr].
And [here][who]'s some information on some of the projects and people using
gitolite (and who, in turn, have helped shape its features).
Once you've installed it and started using it, you'll want to explore some of
the more powerful features. **The documentation is best read [online
here][docs] or you can read it in your clone's `doc/` directory**. All the
longer documents have tables of contents, so you can quickly get a feel for
what is covered right at the top.
There is also a **[master TOC of all gitolite documentation][docs]**; use your
browser's search function (Ctrl-F, usually) to look for likely sounding words
or just browse around -- you never know what you'll find!
----
@ -42,7 +35,6 @@ In this document:
* <a href="#_what">what</a>
* <a href="#_why">why</a>
* <a href="#_main_features">main features</a>
* <a href="#_support">support</a>
* <a href="#_security">security</a>
* <a href="#_contact_and_license">contact and license</a>
@ -54,9 +46,8 @@ In this document:
Gitolite lets you use a single user on a server to host many git repositories
and provide access to many developers, without having to give them real
userids on or shell access to the server. The essential magic in doing this
is ssh's pubkey access and the `authorized_keys` file, and the inspiration was
an older program called gitosis.
userids on or shell access to the server. Authentication is most commonly
done using sshd, but you can also use httpd if you prefer.
Gitolite can restrict who can read from (clone/fetch) or write to (push) a
repository. It can also restrict who can push to what branch or tag, which is
@ -147,25 +138,6 @@ detail somewhere in gitolite's [doc/][docs] subdirectory.
* specify repos using patterns (patterns may include creator's name)
* define powerful operations on the server side, even github-like forking
<a name="support"></a>
<a name="_support"></a>
### support
Most installation problems are caused by not knowing ssh. Take a look at this
[transcript][] to see how simple it actually is, if your server's ssh daemon
is behaving itself. Someone also wrote a tutorial, see [here][tut].
If I suspect your problem is an ssh issue, I will probably ignore it. Please
learn how [gitolite uses ssh][doc9gas] and then methodically go through the
[ssh trouble shooting][doc6sts] document. These two documents contain
everything I could possibly tell you. I have nothing to add.
Even for other topics, please look through at least the table of contents of
at least the numbered documents to see if your question is already answered,
before asking.
<a name="_security"></a>
### security
@ -206,3 +178,4 @@ Gitolite is released under GPL v2. See COPYING for details.
[doc6sts]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/ssh-troubleshooting.html
[who]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/who-uses-it.html
[tut]: http://sites.google.com/site/senawario/home/gitolite-tutorial
[docs]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite

518
doc/1-INSTALL.mkd
View file

@ -1,46 +1,209 @@
# gitolite installatation
# gitolite installation
(Note: git servers are most commonly used with ssh URLs, and this document
describes installing gitolite to support such usage. If your users prefer
http URLs, read [this][http] to install gitolite to support "smart http").
In this document:
* <a href="#_please_read_this_first">please read this first</a>
* <a href="#_important_notes">important notes</a>
* <a href="#_requirements">requirements</a>
* <a href="#_client_workstation">client/workstation</a>
* <a href="#_server">server</a>
* <a href="#_technical_skills">technical skills</a>
* <a href="#_naming_conventions_used">naming conventions used</a>
* <a href="#_Impatient_to_install_">Impatient to install?</a>
* <a href="#_side_note_upgrading">(side note) upgrading</a>
* <a href="#_package_method">package method</a>
* <a href="#_root_method">root method</a>
* <a href="#_non_root_method">non-root method</a>
* <a href="#_troubleshooting">troubleshooting</a>
* <a href="#_important_points_to_note">important points to note</a>
* <a href="#_naming_conventions_used">naming conventions used</a>
* <a href="#_requirements">requirements</a>
* <a href="#_client_workstation">client/workstation</a>
* <a href="#_server">server</a>
* <a href="#_technical_skills">technical skills</a>
* <a href="#_getting_the_gitolite_software">getting the gitolite software</a>
* <a href="#_getting_a_tar_file_from_a_clone">getting a tar file from a clone</a>
* <a href="#_installation_and_setup">installation and setup</a>
* <a href="#_install_methods_and_deciding_which_one_to_use">install methods and deciding which one to use</a>
* <a href="#_package_method_directly_on_the_server_using_RPM_DEB">(package method) directly on the server, using RPM/DEB</a>
* <a href="#_root_method_directly_on_the_server_manually_with_root_access">(root method) directly on the server, manually, with root access</a>
* <a href="#_non_root_method_directly_on_the_server_manually_without_root_access">(non-root method) directly on the server, manually, without root access</a>
* <a href="#_from_client_method_install_from_the_client_to_the_server">(from-client method) install from the client to the server</a>
* <a href="#_URLs_for_gitolite_managed_repos">URLs for gitolite-managed repos</a>
* <a href="#_special_cases_multiple_gitolite_servers">special cases -- multiple gitolite servers</a>
* <a href="#_package_method_and_root_method">package method and root method</a>
* <a href="#_from_client_method">from-client method</a>
* <a href="#_upgrading">upgrading</a>
* <a href="#_uninstalling">uninstalling</a>
* <a href="#_cleaning_out_a_botched_install">cleaning out a botched install</a>
* <a href="#_uninstalling_gitolite_completely">uninstalling gitolite completely</a>
* <a href="#_appendix_a_the_from_client_method">appendix a: the from-client method</a>
* <a href="#_appendix_b_PATH_issues_for_gl_setup">appendix b: PATH issues for gl-setup</a>
----
<a name="_please_read_this_first"></a>
<a name="_Impatient_to_install_"></a>
### please read this first
### Impatient to install?
<a name="_important_notes"></a>
This top section is for the impatient. You might qualify if you can
understand the following:
#### important notes
> ----
Please make sure you understand the following points first.
> A bare minimum gitolite setup has:
* gitolite runs as a single (real) user on a server, and is invoked via ssh
(or, less commonly, via http). Traditionally, this "hosting user" is
"git" or "gitolite".
> * a server
> * a "hosting user" on the server (a real Unix userid; we use "git" in
this document, although RPM/DEB installs use "gitolite")
> * a virtual "admin user" -- the user who sets up gitolite and configures it
> * the admin user's client or workstation, from which he does all his work
> ----
If you didn't get all that, or thought you did then ran into problems,
beg/borrow some patience and read the rest of this document before trying it
again.
Gitolite allows 3 methods of install:
* **package method** if you have a gitolite RPM or a DEB available
* **root method** if you have root access to the server, and you plan to
have multiple "hosting users" on it
* **non-root method** if you don't have root access to the server, but you
do have at least one account with a password
These install methods are described in detail below. (*Once you finish the
install, read the [admin document][admin] to administer your gitolite
installation*).
<a name="_side_note_upgrading"></a>
#### (side note) upgrading
Upgrading is easy; you just re-run some of the same commands used for install.
These commands are clearly noted in the install instructions below.
However, if you've added any new hooks, you must also run the next step (the
`gl-setup` command), although this time you don't need to supply a pubkey
filename as an argument.
[admin]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/2-admin.html
[http]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/http-backend.html
<a name="_package_method"></a>
#### package method
(Unlike the rest of this document, this specific method uses "gitolite" as the
"hosting user" instead of "git", because that is what the RPM/DEB creates).
On your *workstation*:
* copy your `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub` file to `/tmp/YourName.pub` on the server
On your *server*, as *root*:
yum install gitolite # or 'apt-get install gitolite', or whatever
# this is the only step you need to repeat when upgrading gitolite
# current RPM/DEB create a hosting user called "gitolite"
su - gitolite
# (now as gitolite)
gl-setup /tmp/YourName.pub
On your *workstation*:
git clone gitolite@server:gitolite-admin
<a name="_root_method"></a>
#### root method
On your *workstation*:
* copy your `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub` file to `/tmp/YourName.pub` on the server
On your *server*, as *root*:
git clone git://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite
cd gitolite
src/gl-system-install
# defaults to being the same as:
# src/gl-system-install /usr/local/bin /usr/local/share/gitolite/conf /usr/local/share/gitolite/hooks
# to upgrade gitolite, repeat the above commands. Make sure you use the
# same arguments for the last command each time.
# create your "hosting user" if not already created
useradd git
su - git
# (now as git)
gl-setup /tmp/YourName.pub
On your *workstation*:
git clone git@server:gitolite-admin
<a name="_non_root_method"></a>
#### non-root method
**IMPORTANT WARNING -- IGNORE AT YOUR PERIL**: if you want to use this method
you had better know the password to the hosting user on the server, just in
case you manage to lock yourself out by messing with the keys.
**NOTE**: This method is exhaustively described in the [tutorial][tut], if
you're interested. (That tutorial is by someone else but it's nice enough for
me to link it here).
On your *workstation*:
* copy your `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub` file to `/tmp/YourName.pub` on the server
On your *server*, as *git* (the "hosting user"), first check if `$HOME/bin` is
on the default PATH. If not, fiddle with the `.bashrc` or `.bash_profile` or
similar files and add it somehow. Then:
git clone git://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite
cd gitolite
src/gl-system-install
# defaults to being the same as:
# src/gl-system-install $HOME/bin $HOME/share/gitolite/conf $HOME/share/gitolite/hooks
# to upgrade gitolite, repeat the above commands. Make sure you use the
# same arguments for the last command each time.
gl-setup /tmp/YourName.pub
On your *workstation*:
git clone git@server:gitolite-admin
----
<a name="_troubleshooting"></a>
### troubleshooting
* The most common thing that goes wrong in an install is something to do
with ssh.
Here are three facts of ssh:
* ssh is a pain
* most people don't know ssh well enough
* even people who think they do, don't
Please read how [gitolite uses ssh][glgas] and the [ssh
troubleshooting][glsts] documents before asking for help.
* If you've tried multiple methods of install, you may have multiple copies
of the sources lying around. This could be a problem; see appendix b for
how to detect and deal with this.
If none of this works read the rest of this document, understand it as much as
you can, then ask for help.
<a name="_important_points_to_note"></a>
### important points to note
* gitolite runs as a single (real) user on a server, and is invoked via ssh.
Traditionally, this "hosting user" is "git", and thus all git URLs start
with `ssh://git@server` (or the equivalent shorter form `git@server:`).
* RPM/DEB create and use "gitolite" as the hosting user
* there is *usually* only one hosting user per server (machine), but
gitolite makes it trivial to have as many as you want. In fact, every
@ -55,26 +218,19 @@ Please make sure you understand the following points first.
* the first such virtual user is the "admin user", created during the
install sequence.
* gitolite, in its most commonly used form, depends **heavily** on ssh
pubkey (passwordless) access. Do not assume you know all about ssh --
most people **don't**. If in doubt, use a dedicated userid on both client
and server for installation and administration of gitolite.
* gitolite depends **heavily** on ssh pubkey (passwordless) access. Do not
assume you know all about ssh -- most people **don't**. If in doubt, use
a dedicated userid on both client and server for installation and
administration of gitolite.
To make matters worse, ssh problems in gitolite don't always look like ssh
problems. See [doc/ssh-troubleshooting.mkd][doc6] for help.
problems. See [doc/ssh-troubleshooting.mkd][glsts] for help.
* gitolite **does NOT** like it when people with shell access to the server
fiddle with files and directories it controls.
Apparently this was not obvious to some people.
Thus a bare minimum gitolite setup has:
* a server
* a real "hosting user" on the server -- usually "git" or "gitolite"
* a virtual "admin user" -- the user who sets up gitolite and configures it.
* the admin user's client or workstation, from which he does all his work
It is possible to have the server and the client be the same machine, and even
the admin user be also the hosting user, (i.e., `sitaram@server` can install
and administer a gitolite setup running under `sitaram@server`, a situation
@ -84,13 +240,29 @@ emergency use. However, I will not be documenting it because (a) if you know
ssh you'll know how to extrapolate my instructions to do this and (b) if you
don't know ssh it'll be a nightmare to support you.
<a name="_naming_conventions_used"></a>
### naming conventions used
Throughout the documentation, we use "YourName" as the admin user, and his
workstation is called "client". The hosting user is "git", and the server is
called "server". **Please substitute your values as needed**.
**If you're using DEB or RPM**, the installer creates a user called
"gitolite", so substitute that for "git" anywhere in the docs where the
"hosting user" is mentioned as "git".
Also, we often say "the rc file". This means `~/.gitolite.rc` on the server.
And when we say the "access control rules", or "conf file", or "config file",
we mean `conf/gitolite.conf` on your gitolite-admin clone.
<a name="_requirements"></a>
#### requirements
### requirements
<a name="_client_workstation"></a>
##### client/workstation
#### client/workstation
* git version 1.6.2 or greater
* even msysgit on Windows is fine; please don't ask me for help if
@ -102,7 +274,7 @@ don't know ssh it'll be a nightmare to support you.
<a name="_server"></a>
##### server
#### server
* any Unix system with a posix compatible "sh".
* people using "csh" or derivatives please don't ask me for help -- tell
@ -113,10 +285,13 @@ don't know ssh it'll be a nightmare to support you.
* perl (but since git requires it anyway, you probably have it)
* openssh or any ssh that can understand the `authorized_keys` file format
(probably optional if you're using the http backend)
* a Unix userid to be the hosting user, usually "git" but it can be any
user, even your own normal one. (If you're using an RPM/DEB the install
probably created one called "gitolite").
<a name="_technical_skills"></a>
##### technical skills
#### technical skills
* if you're installing gitolite, you're a "system admin", like it or not.
Ssh is therefore a necessary skill. Please take the time to learn at
@ -131,22 +306,6 @@ don't know ssh it'll be a nightmare to support you.
* regular expressions are a big part of gitolite in many places but
familiarity is not necessary to do basic access control.
<a name="_naming_conventions_used"></a>
#### naming conventions used
Throughout the documentation, we use "YourName" as the admin user, and his
workstation is called "client". The hosting user is "git", and the server is
called "server". **Please substitute your values as needed**.
**If you're using DEB or RPM**, the installer creates a user called
"gitolite", so substitute that for "git" anywhere in the docs where the
"hosting user" is mentioned as "git".
Also, we often say "the rc file". This means `~/.gitolite.rc` on the server.
And when we say the "access control rules", or "conf file", or "config file",
we mean `conf/gitolite.conf` on your gitolite-admin clone.
<a name="_getting_the_gitolite_software"></a>
### getting the gitolite software
@ -177,141 +336,7 @@ Please use the make command as shown, not a plain "git archive", because the
Makefile adds a file called `.GITOLITE-VERSION` that will help you identify
which version you are using.
<a name="_installation_and_setup"></a>
### installation and setup
<a name="methods"></a>
<a name="_install_methods_and_deciding_which_one_to_use"></a>
#### install methods and deciding which one to use
Gitolite has 4 install methods:
* **package method** if you have a gitolite RPM or a DEB available
* **root method** if you have root access to the server, and you plan to
have multiple "hosting users" on it
* **non-root method** if you don't have root access to the server, but you
do have at least one account with a password
* **from-client method** if you are not comfortable with public keys and
server side commands
Here's how you install using these 3 methods. Future upgrades are equally
easy -- the steps required for upgrading are marked "(U)".
<a name="_package_method_directly_on_the_server_using_RPM_DEB"></a>
#### (package method) directly on the server, using RPM/DEB
* from your workstation, copy your `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub` file to the server.
Put it in `/tmp/YourName.pub`.
* (U) on the server, as root, do the install (urpmi, yum, apt-get, etc.).
* on the server, "su - gitolite", then as "gitolite" user, run `gl-setup
/tmp/YourName.pub`.
* on the client, run `cd; git clone gitolite@server:gitolite-admin`
<a name="_root_method_directly_on_the_server_manually_with_root_access"></a>
#### (root method) directly on the server, manually, with root access
* from your workstation, copy your `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub` file to the server.
Put it in `/tmp/YourName.pub`.
* (U) on the server, as root, do the following:
cd $HOME
git clone git://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite gitolite-source
cd gitolite-source
# now checkout whatever branch you want; for early adopters I suggest
# "pu", as in "git checkout -t origin/pu" for recent gits
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/gitolite/conf /usr/local/share/gitolite/hooks
src/gl-system-install /usr/local/bin /usr/local/share/gitolite/conf /usr/local/share/gitolite/hooks
* on the server, as root, run "su - git", then as "git" user, run `which
gl-setup`. This should respond with `/usr/local/bin/gl-setup`. If this
is not what you get, you have some `$PATH` issues. Make sure
`/usr/local/bin` is in the `$PATH` for the git user, and that no prior
components of the path contain another copy of `gl-setup`. You *must* run
the one in the directory that is the first argument of `gl-system-install`
above.
* on the server, still as "git", run `gl-setup /tmp/YourName.pub`.
* on the client, run `cd; git clone git@server:gitolite-admin`
<a name="_non_root_method_directly_on_the_server_manually_without_root_access"></a>
#### (non-root method) directly on the server, manually, without root access
**WARNING: if you want to use this method your shell access to the git account
on the server should be via `su - git` from some other userid. If that is not
possible, you should (a) know the password in case you screw up the keys AND
(b) know how to force ssh to ask for a password if required, AND (c) know how
to handle multiple keys in ssh.**
***NOTE: if this is still confusing, try the [tutorial][tut]. That was
written for this specific method of install.***
* from your workstation, copy your `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub` file to the server.
Put it in `/tmp/YourName.pub`.
* if `$HOME/bin` is not on the default PATH for the "git" user, fiddle with
the `.bashrc` or `.bash_profile` or similar files and add it somehow.
* (U) on the server, as "git", do the following:
cd $HOME
git clone git://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite gitolite-source
# now checkout whatever branch you want; for early adopters I suggest
# "pu", as in "git checkout -t origin/pu" for recent gits
cd gitolite-source
mkdir -p $HOME/bin $HOME/share/gitolite/conf $HOME/share/gitolite/hooks
src/gl-system-install $HOME/bin $HOME/share/gitolite/conf $HOME/share/gitolite/hooks
* on the server, still as "git", run `gl-setup /tmp/YourName.pub`.
* on the client, run `cd; git clone git@server:gitolite-admin`
<a name="fc"></a>
<a name="_from_client_method_install_from_the_client_to_the_server"></a>
#### (from-client method) install from the client to the server
The advantage of this method is that it forces you to solve the ssh pubkey
problem **before** attempting to install. It works best if you have dedicated
userids, one on the server for installing gitolite, and one on the client for
administering it.
The disadvantage is that the admin user ends up with [two keys][twokeys] --
one for shell access (that he started with) and one for gitolite access (which
the script creates if needed).
This in turn forces the admin to use a different URL to access gitolite repos
than normal users, which seems to confuse a heck of a lot of people who don't
read the prominently displayed messages and/or the documentation.
This method is verbosely documented in this [transcript][], including
*outputs* of the commands concerned.
<a name="_URLs_for_gitolite_managed_repos"></a>
### URLs for gitolite-managed repos
The URL for normal users (i.e., users other than the admin) is always of the
form "git@server:reponame". So, for instance, `git clone git@server:testing`
gets any valid user a copy of the "testing" repo.
In the first 3 install methods, the admin user will also use the same URL
format, like `git clone git@server:gitolite-admin`.
However, in the fourth ("from-client") method, the admin user needs a
different URL (`gitolite:reponame`) to gain access to the gitolite
repositories. Check [here][twokeys] for why.
--------------------------------------------------------
<a name="_special_cases_multiple_gitolite_servers"></a>
@ -321,7 +346,7 @@ repositories. Check [here][twokeys] for why.
There is no gitolite "daemon"; it gets invoked via sshd which calls
"gl-auth-command" via the "command=" option in the authkeys file (see
[gitolite and ssh][gash] for more).
[gitolite and ssh][glgas] for more).
If you think about it, this means every real (unix) user on the system can
host her own gitolite server!
@ -330,14 +355,13 @@ Of course, one doesn't normally do that in the interests of sanity, but let's
say you want to create one gitolite instance for each department on some
company-wide mega-server.
<a name="_package_method_and_root_method"></a>
Using one of the first two methods of installation, it's trivial to create
multiple gitolite instances -- essentially any Unix user can then run
`gl-setup` with some pubkey filename as an argument and that user is now a
gitolite host.
#### package method and root method
With the first two methods of installation, it's trivial to create multiple
gitolite instances. You can even do this without giving shell access to the
admins. Here's an example with just two "departments", and their admins Alice
and Bob:
You can even do this without giving shell access to the admins. Here's an
example with just two "departments", and their admins Alice and Bob:
* create userids `webbrowser_repos` and `webserver_repos`
* ask Alice and Bob for their pubkeys; copy them to the respective home
@ -354,46 +378,6 @@ to have a command line on the server, so don't give them the passwords if you
don't need to -- the pubkey will allow them to be gitolite admins on their
domain, and that's quite enough for normal operations.
<a name="_from_client_method"></a>
#### from-client method
You can do the same thing using this method also, but it's a little more
cumbersome. Instead, I'll describe a different scenario -- one "admin"
installing gitolite on different servers. You can adapt that to the above
case quite easily if you wish.
Thanks to Matt Perzel, the easy-install command now takes an optional 4th
parameter, which is the "nickname" of the gitolite server. It gets defined in
`~/.ssh/config`, and if not used it defaults to "gitolite".
So if you used the following command to install gitolite to 2 different
servers:
./src/gl-easy-install -q git my.1st.git.server admin_user1 gitolite_server_1
./src/gl-easy-install -q git my.2nd.git.server admin_user1 gitolite_server_2
you will find that `~/gitolite_server_1-admin` and `~/gitolite_server_2-admin`
have been created as respective clones. Or you can re-clone elsewhere:
cd ~/admin1; git clone gitolite_server_1:gitolite-admin.git
cd ~/admin2; git clone gitolite_server_2:gitolite-admin.git
<a name="_upgrading"></a>
### upgrading
Upgrading gitolite is easy. In each method above, just re-do the step that is
marked "(U)". Also, if you're using either of the two methods that use the
`src/gl-system-install` command, please make sure you give it the same
arguments!
If you've added any new hooks, please also run the next step (`gl-setup`)
also.
Also, remember that some new features may require additional settings in your
`~/.gitolite.rc` file.
<a name="_uninstalling"></a>
### uninstalling
@ -426,10 +410,58 @@ uninstalling gitolite is described in great detail in
----
[doc6]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/ssh-troubleshooting.html
<a name="_appendix_a_the_from_client_method"></a>
### appendix a: the from-client method
This method was the only install mode at one time, but the newer ones are much
better, so it's kinda legacy now (Wow -- fancy something being "legacy" in
software that is not yet 2 years old!)
The only advantage of this method is that it forces you to solve the ssh
pubkey problem **before** attempting to install.
But I'm not sure if that is worth the hassle of supporting an install scheme
that ends up with the admin user having [two keys][twokeys], though. And this
in turn forces the admin to use a different URL to access gitolite repos than
normal users, which seems to confuse a heck of a lot of people who don't read
the prominently displayed messages and/or the documentation.
All in all, I plan to obsolete it eventually. Meanwhile, it is verbosely
documented in this [transcript][], including *outputs* of the commands
concerned.
<a name="_appendix_b_PATH_issues_for_gl_setup"></a>
### appendix b: PATH issues for gl-setup
If you've tried multiple methods of install, you may have multiple copies of
the sources lying around, and when you ran `gl-setup` it picked up the wrong
one. This might also happen if the directory you supplied as the first
argument to `src/gl-system-install` is not even in the `$PATH`.
Run `su - git` then `which gl-setup` to see which it picked up. This is what
it should be for each method:
* RPM/DEB method: probably `/usr/bin`
* root method: the first argument to the `src/gl-system-install` command (or
`/usr/local/bin` by default)
* non-root method: the first argument to the `src/gl-system-install` command
(or `$HOME/bin` by default)
If this is not what you get, remove the partially installed or extraneous
sources, if any, and try again. Or fix your `$PATH`.
One situation that is not easy to solve is if the system admin installed
gitolite using the RPM/DEB or root methods, and you want to install a later
version using the non-root method. Since `/usr/bin` and `/usr/local/bin` are
usually earlier than `$HOME/bin` in the `$PATH`, you'll have to get creative.
Good luck.
[glsts]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/ssh-troubleshooting.html
[doc9unin]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/uninstall.html
[twokeys]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/ssh-troubleshooting.html#twokeys
[transcript]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/install-transcript.html
[mgs]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/1-INSTALL.html#_special_cases_multiple_gitolite_servers
[gash]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/gitolite-and-ssh.html
[glgas]: http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/gitolite-and-ssh.html
[tut]: http://sites.google.com/site/senawario/home/gitolite-tutorial

8
doc/mob-branches.mkd
View file

@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ user called "mob". **This means all the access control is -- as you might
expect -- in the gitolite.conf file, so make sure you don't give the `mob`
user too many rights!**
(tested on Fedora 13; assumes your gitolite server userid is "gitolite" and
install was "from-client" method; adjust according to your environment. If
you need more than this, you should not be enabling mob branches anyway ;-)
(tested on Fedora 14; assumes your gitolite server userid is "gitolite" and
install was "non-root" method; adjust according to your environment. If you
need more than this, you should not be enabling mob branches anyway ;-)
[hah! Easy way out of being badgered with questions!]
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ you need more than this, you should not be enabling mob branches anyway ;-)
export SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND
SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND="$*"
/home/gitolite/.gitolite/src/gl-auth-command mob
/home/gitolite/bin/gl-auth-command mob
# see one of the lines in ~gitolite/.ssh/authorized_keys for the
# precise location of the gl-auth-command script