How to Install Gitolite in Centos or Redhat or Fedora

NOTE : This Tutorial is tested on CentOS, Fedora & Redhat.


How to install Gitolite for Hosting Git Repository ?

What is Git ?

         Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Every Git clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy to do.

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What is Gitolite ?

          Gitolite allows you to setup git hosting on a central server, with fine-grained access control and many more powerful features.

           Gitolite is an access control layer on top of git. Here's an "executive summary":

• use a single unix user ("real" user) on the server

•  provide access to many gitolite users

•  they are not "real" users 

• they do not get shell access

• control access to many git repositories 

• read access controlled at the repo level 

• write access controlled at the branch/tag/file/directory level, including who can rewind, create, and delete branches/tags 

• can be installed without root access, assuming git and perl are already installed 

• authentication is most commonly done using sshd, but you can also use httpd if you prefer (this may require root access)          

More Info HERE

Install Gitolite :

Prerequisites:

Perl 5.8.8
git (yum install git)
 
  (1) First Login as root & Add user called "git" 

$ useradd git

$ passwd git

(2) Now Login as root to any local system & Add user called "gitadmin"

 $ useradd gitadmin

 $ passwd gitadmin 

(3) Switch to User gitadmin & generate ssh key as shown

$ su gitadmin

$ ssh-keygen

(4) Copy ssh public key as gitadmin.pub

$ cp .ssh/id_rsa.pub gitadmin.pub

(5)  Now Copy this ssh key on git server

$ scp gitadmin.pub git@gitserver:

(6) Now Login to git server as user "git" & download gitolite source

$ git clone http://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite.git

(7) Change directory gitolite & run "gl-system-install" command

$ cd gitolite/

$ src/gl-system-install

(8)  Now run "gl-setup" command

$ source .bash_profile

$ gl-setup gitadmin.pub

(9) once you run "gl-setup gitadmin.pub" command hit enter & then the Vi editor pops up, exit it by typing ":wq" (colon, then the letter 'w' & 'q'), hit enter. Then the installs complete.

 








(10) Finally clone the gitolite admin repository

$ git clone git@gitserver:gitolite-admin.git