How to set up your own private Git server on Linux

Post by davidu » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 2:22 PM UTC

lftl wrote: post #28

qjz wrote: post #21

The instructions for adding a public key to the authorized_keys file are a bit reckless, as they will wipe out any others that exist. Although not universal (not included with Mac OS X, for example) the ssh-copy-id command is much preferable. At its most basic: ssh-copy-id example.com Or, to specify a specific key & remote user: ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub bob@example.com This will properly append the key, with…

Or... ssh bob@example.com 'cat >> .ssh/authorized-keys' < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Post by labria » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 2:41 PM UTC

aliguori wrote: post #22

You typically want to enable the post-update hook on the server by mv '${GITDIR}/hooks/post-update.sample' '${GITDIR}/hooks/post-update'. This makes sure that the repository works with dumb servers which is required for things like http/cgit.

Post by ErrantX » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 2:58 PM UTC

loewenskind wrote: post #35

ErrantX wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm guessing sure Github does backups. QED.

Seeing "I'm guessing" paired with "QED" is... strange to say the least.

Post by aarongough » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 3:17 PM UTC

mechanical_fish wrote: post #23

pilif wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it could also happen that github loses data and it's hard to valuate the exact likelihood of you accidentally deleting two repos or github losing a fileserver and its backup. Also, if github is down or your repo with them is corrupted, you have to go through their support. If your own server has a problem you can fix it instantly. I'm not convinced that reliability is the correct reason to go GitHub. Features: Yes. R…

Sure, Github can lose data. And you can lose data. But the advantage is that you and Github are much less correlated ; the odds that both of you will lose the data at the same time are fairly low. [1] Data safety is all about fighting correlation. You don't back up one partition to another on the same spindle, because when the drive dies the whole spindle is lost. Paranoid people back up to two different drives, two…

Post by patio11 » Wed, Sep 01, 2010, 3:41 PM UTC

rafd wrote: post #4

I highly recommend using Gitosis; it makes managing teams, projects and users a breeze. It's really nifty: you get a git repo that contains the ssh keys and config file to manage the system. Add the user's key, add the user to the config file, push, and you're done!