Creating Projects, Giving Users Access

NOTE: I apologize for late posting of this — got hung up in my drafts folder and I got busy with other things.

Where we’re at:

Now that we’ve got Gitosis and some users set up, it’s time to add some actual repositories.

Create a new git repository (skip this if you’ve already got one)

• Create a home for it

      # mkdir foo; cd foo
  

• Turn it into a repository

  # git init

• Add something to it and commit it so we can prove it's working later:

  # cat gt; README.TXT
  README.TXT -- a file with no purpose other than to prove it can be cloned
  ^D
  # git add README.TXT
  # git commit -a -m "Added README.TXT"

Adding the repository to gitosis-conf and push it to the server

• Set up access in the gitosis-conf

  First, set up a new group, add users (include yourself!), and indicate what they can write to:

      [group myteam]
      members = jdoe you@yourmachine.local
      writable = foo
  

• Push those configuration changes to the server so you'll have permission on the server to push up the new repository:

      # git commit -m "Added myteam, foo project, gave access to jdoe"
      # git push
  

• Change to the directory containing your new repository, and flag the local repository as originating on the server running gitosis in the repository foo.git:

      # cd em>whereverYourRepositoryIs/em>
      # git remote add origin git@YOUR_SERVER_HOSTNAME:foo.git
  

• Our local copy has committed changes, push them up to the remote repository:

      # git push origin master:refs/heads/master
  

• To test your setup, go to a brand new directory, and attempt to clone your new repository:

      # cd ~
      # git clone git@YOUR_SERVER_HOSTNAME:foo.git
      # cd foo
  

  You should now have a clone of your repository in ~/foo!

Just for fun, you could run:

	# cd ..
	# diff whereverYourRepositoryIs foo

No output means they're identical, which they should be except for the notice from diff about the .git directory that exists in both repositories:

	Common subdirectories: whereverYourRepositoryIs/.git and foo/.git