gitolite/doc/install.mkd
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# different ways to install gitolite
Gitolite has only one server side "command" now, much like git itself. And
it's been designed so that you don't even really have to *install* it, as you
will see.
## simplest
1. Put all of `src` in one place, doesn't matter where; let's call it
/foo/bar.
2. Use the full path to run any gitolite commands, for example:
/foo/bar/gitolite setup -pk sitaram.pub
## almost as simple
1. (same as above)
2. Symlink /foo/bar/gitolite to some directory that is on your PATH. For
example:
ln -sf /foo/bar/gitolite ~/bin
Now you can just say
gitolite setup -pk sitaram.pub
## packagers
1. Put src/Gitolite in `/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl` or some such place.
2. Put the rest of src anywhere your distro policy allows. (Fedora keeps
git's 150 executables in /usr/libexec/git-core, so maybe
/usr/libexec/gitolite?)
3. Symlink 'gitolite' to /usr/bin or something, similar to step 2 above,
OR
Put it directly in /usr/bin, and hardcode `GL_BINDIR` into it to tell it
where the others are. I'd prefer it if you did not do this but you can.
----
Bottom line:
* `GL_BINDIR` must point to a place that contains `commands`, `VREF`, and
`syntactic-sugar` (so they must all be sibling directories).
* The `Gitolite` directory can also be there, or it can be anywhere in
perl's `@INC` path.
## upgrading
Just put the new version on top of wherever you kept the old one. That's it.
If you feel it should require a little more effort, pretend I said "you have
to then run `gitolite setup`". Can't hurt...