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Re: [RFC] Single system account for multiple git users

From
Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 2, 2008, 14:45 UTC
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On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:55:50AM +0200, Melchior FRANZ wrote:
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> Indeed. This is AFAIK the main reason why git might not be used
> by a project where I'm contributor. gitosis could help here, but
> I guess that a built-in solution would be preferred. An external
> addon looks a bit like band-aid.  ;-)

Yes, and they impose some its own access control model, which is different to what you normally have using git-shell. So, the purpose of my patch was to provide the absolutely minimal change to git-shell which allows to have a central Git server with multiple Git users under one system account. I guess that most Git developers do not use Git in this configuration, so they are not very interested in this patch. But there are projects where having a central repo is strict requirement (usually justified by having centralized place to backup all sources, difficult exchanging patches by email especially in great volume, and impossibility direct connection due to firewalls, etc...).

So, I believe that my patch (or something simple like that) could help Git with wider adaptation.

Thanks, Dmitry

Previous: Melchior FRANZ
Message 9 of 9 in “[RFC] Single system account for multiple git users”
  1. Dmitry PotapovJun 30, 2008
  2. Asheesh LaroiaJun 30, 2008
  3. Dmitry PotapovJun 30, 2008
  4. Jon LoeligerJun 30, 2008
  5. Dmitry PotapovJun 30, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiJun 30, 2008
  7. Dmitry PotapovJun 30, 2008
  8. Melchior FRANZJul 1, 2008
  9. Dmitry PotapovJul 2, 2008

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