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# Hosting git repositories
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Gitolite allows you to setup git hosting on a central server, with
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fine-grained access control and many more powerful features.
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Here's more on [what][] it is and [why][] you might need it.
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For current gitolite (call it "g2" for convenience) users,
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* [Why][g3why] I rewrote gitolite.
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* Development [status][dev-status] (**should change often for a while**)
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* Specific migration [issues and steps][g2migr].
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Quick links:
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* [Minimum requirements][minreq].
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* Here's how to [get started][qi] installing and setting it up
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* Don't know ssh well enough? [Learn][ssh]. It's **IMPORTANT**.
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* [Add users and repos][add].
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* Learn about fine-grained access control with the [conf][] file
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* Explain gitolite to your [users][].
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Not so "quick" links:
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* The "master table of contents" link at the top of each page is the
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**first** place you should check when looking for anything.
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* Want to do more than just add users and repos and control their access?
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Here's how to [customise][cust] your server installation.
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Additional reading for Unix newbies:
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* [Regular Expressions][regex]
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## #what What is gitolite?
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Gitolite is an access control layer on top of git. Here are the features that
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most people see:
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* use a single unix user ("real" user) on the server
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* provide access to many gitolite users
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* they are not "real" users
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* they do not get shell access
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* control access to many git repositories
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* read access controlled at the repo level
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* write access controlled at the branch/tag/file/directory level,
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including who can rewind, create, and delete branches/tags
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* can be installed without root access, assuming git and perl are already
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installed
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* authentication is most commonly done using sshd, but you can also use
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httpd if you prefer (this may require root access).
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## #contact contact
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* author: sitaramc@gmail.com, sitaram@atc.tcs.com
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* mailing list: gitolite@googlegroups.com
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* list subscribe address : gitolite+subscribe@googlegroups.com
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* IRC: #git and #gitolite on freenode. Note that I live in India (UTC+0530
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time zone).
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## #license license
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The gitolite *code* is released under GPL v2. See COPYING for details.
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The gitolite documentation is provided under a [Creative Commons
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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
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License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/).
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