Comments on collect {thoughts}: Remote Git Repos on Ubuntu: The Right Way

Drew, Yummy stuff and works like a charm. Nice an...

2009-05-19T22:09:09.314-05:00

Drew,

Yummy stuff and works like a charm. Nice and fast, lean and clean. Thank you for posing it.

Any users running an OS X client might appreciate this little tidbit. You can "enhance" an OS X git "client" system by downloading the ssh-copy-id command (it is a shell script after all) and add it to your OS bin dir. -> /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id , don't forget to run chmod +x ssh-copy-id on it...

I have outline some stuff on the ssh-agent which might be of interest to some readers which includes a link near the very bottom of this page here http://universalcake.com/resources/docs/nix/linux/debian/ubuntu/ssh/using-ssh-agent-and-ssh-add/?searchterm=ssh that points to an awesome (and very nicely constructed) shell script and instructions on automating ssh-agent startup. It was done by Matt Simerson and should run on most nix like systems. I have not had the chance to test it on Ubuntu server, but a quick run through of the code makes me think it would work just fine on most nix systems with minor adjustment. This script also works very well on my OS X client and people looking for maximum control of automated terminal based ssh-agent usage (...server admins) might find it very helpful.

Thanks Again!

Cheers,

Christopher Steel

Thanks for the info. You should just replace /ssh ...

2009-03-31T08:09:00.000-05:00

Thanks for the info. You should just replace /ssh copy-id/ssh-copy-id/

Worked perfectly. Thanks !

2009-01-19T17:17:00.000-06:00

Worked perfectly. Thanks !

@foo yep, you're exactly right. i'm just too lazy ...

2008-11-04T16:24:03.715-06:00

@foo yep, you're exactly right. i'm just too lazy to remember this, so i always reclone :)

thanks very much for this tutorial.I think if you ...

2008-11-04T15:30:00.000-06:00

thanks very much for this tutorial.

I think if you add this to the .git/config then you don't need to rm -rf and clone:

[branch "master"]
remote = origin
merge = refs/heads/master

Thank you soo much for this tutorial. Gitosis mig...

2008-09-17T15:24:00.000-05:00

Thank you soo much for this tutorial. Gitosis might be a great tool to some but it is a PAIN IN THE A** to configure and use...on top of that, there is no in-depth documentation on tackling problems in various situations. If you're gonna open source something, do it right! Sorry for yappin' but ure tutorial really helped me out. Thanks!

One little time saver would be to determine which ...

2008-08-11T10:44:00.000-05:00

One little time saver would be to determine which path git-shell has prior to adding the git user, and then passing in that value when adding, like so:

ChipCastle /git: which git-shell
/usr/local/bin/git-shell
ChipCastle /git: sudo adduser --shell /usr/local/bin/git-shell git

This would save you from editing /etc/passwd altogether.

Thank you thank you thank you. I've been beating ...

2008-07-09T20:26:00.000-05:00

Thank you thank you thank you. I've been beating my head against a wall with weird gitosis problems when all I need *right now* is a working repository *right now*. This worked wonderfully and now I can actually get something done.

I look forward to using gitosis once I get everything running, but this is definitely the KISS method.

I've seen Git have a lot of problems w/ webdav (ce...

2008-06-06T05:43:00.000-05:00

I've seen Git have a lot of problems w/ webdav (certainly webdav's fault ;), I would recommend against it. Gitosis is ubiquitous for self-hosting, otherwise GitHub for third party hosting.

todd:The webdev setup is definitely interesting, a...

2008-06-04T23:45:08.019-05:00

todd:

The webdev setup is definitely interesting, and you're definitely correct that "right" differs from situation to situation. In this case, though, we aren't giving sudo access to our git user and the git-shell stops the user from doing anything other than performing git commands.

I am somewhat nervous about trusting this shared g...

2008-06-04T23:12:00.000-05:00

I am somewhat nervous about trusting this shared gituser account with sudo/git-shell. I'd prefer something like this webdav setup. I suppose the "right" way can mean different things for different objectives.

kyle: I haven't looked into Gitosis, I'll take a l...

2008-06-03T09:41:51.964-05:00

kyle: I haven't looked into Gitosis, I'll take a look soon. I liked this approach for me because it caused me to learn more about my ubuntu system and the way sites like github.com work. Thanks for the tip.

This approach (real Unix user per Git user) will w...

2008-06-02T22:01:00.000-05:00

This approach (real Unix user per Git user) will work; but with a tiny bit more config work at the start, I think you will find it much more pleasant to manage a set of Git uses and repos with Gitosis. Some URLs about getting it going:

http://vafer.org/blog/20080115011413

http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way