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How to use gitolite

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Do not upload non-Open Source software without special prior permission. This includes binaries of software intended to be Open Source for which source code isn't actually available yet. IN PARTICULAR, do not upload non-Open Source cryptographic software, or cryptographic binaries from source not available on the Internet, under any circumstances. This is absolutely essential.

If you have not yet set up your ssh access, first see ssh_access.

Crash course on using gitolite

You can find the upstream documentation for gitolite at their website:

But you probably want to read their user doc section:

The basics however are straightforward. You have been automatically granted a wildcard space under pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/[username]/

To create a repository under there either push to the path you want or perform a git clone. Either of these will create the repository for you.

Example using "git clone":

git clone git@gitolite.kernel.org:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/[username]/foobar

When cloning a tree that already exists on kernel.org, you will use the gitolite built in cloning system:

ssh git@gitolite.kernel.org fork pub/scm/from-repo pub/scm/to-repo

This will take care of the git clone, and uses Shared (-s), and Linked (-l) git options.

E.g. for Linux kernel you should start by forking Linus's repository:

ssh git@gitolite.kernel.org fork \
    pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux \
    pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/[username]/linux
    

Remember: No leading "/" or trailing ".git"

  1. Do not start repository paths with '/', just "pub/scm"
  2. Do not end repository paths with ".git", just "kernel/git/[username]/linux"

Some commands may be forgiving and work anyway, but many will not.

Additional commands for gitolite

Note: This list may be incomplete. You can find out more up-to-date info about available commands if you run ssh git@gitolite.kernel.org help.

D

Delete a repository. You will need to run D unlock first, and then D rm. E.g.:

ssh git@gitolite.kernel.org D unlock pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/[username]/linux
ssh git@gitolite.kernel.org D rm pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/[username]/linux

desc

Sets the repository description. E.g.:

ssh git@gitolite.kernel.org desc pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/[username]/linux "[username] kernel tree"

Note that the desc command does not like special characters such as quotes, ampersands, brackets, etc.

fork

Clone a repository that is already hosted by kernel.org, E.g.:

ssh git@gitolite.kernel.org fork pub/scm/repo1 pub/scm/repo2

help

Displays a help message for what commands are enabled

info

displays the permissions you have to various repos (warning: wall of text)

getsmtppass

Sets up a random password you can use to authenticate against mail.kernel.org in order to send outgoing mail. The command output will also give you some configuration examples for mutt and git.

2fa

Allows you to set up your 2-factor authentication token. See gitolite_2fa for more details.

track

Allows you to set up a remote to another repository hosted at kernel.org, which is useful when you want to avoid sending a lot of objects during "git push". See gitolite_track_set for more details.

userdoc/gitolite.1457719860.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016-03-11 18:11 by mricon