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Andy
Asked: 2010-10-27 09:04:49 +0800 CST

Installing git to be used in a multi-user system

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I need to install git on a server that will be shared and accessed by multiple users.

I assume I will use git+ssh, so each user will have a system account, but how do I go about install git and a repository so that each user can push/pull over a local IP?

ssh git users gitosis

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  1. gitosis may make things easier for you.

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  2. Installing Gitosis is described in the Ubuntu Wiki:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Git#Setting%20up%20Git%20and%20Project%20Management

    Gitosis is a widely used git server. The advantage with it is, that the settings are a git repository. After the initial setup, you can just change settings, push them and they'll automatically be applied.

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  3. Normally, you just need to set each user's umask to 0002, add create various groups for them to work together in (e.g. sudo addgroup some-project; sudo adduser USER some-project) and create a directory for them to collaborate in (e.g. sudo mkdir -p /srv/git/some-project) and then make the directory writable (and setgid) for the group (e.g. sudo chown root:coders /srv/git/some-project; sudo chmod g+ws /srv/git/some-project)

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