From: Andreas Ericsson Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:36:43 GMT Subject: Re: disable branch modification Message-ID: <4A78396B.70004@op5.se> In-Reply-To: <24550469.post@talk.nabble.com> Ishaaq Chandy wrote: > Hi all, > I've got a remote git repository that I want multiple users to be able to > push to. This is all set up fine and working beautifully. The only thing is, > I want to be able to lock down the branches on this remote repo, once set up > users should not be able to: > > 1. Create new branches on it > 2. Delete existing branches from it > 3. push non-fast-forward commits to it. > > I think I'll need to write a pre-receive hook for this, but before I embark > on this, any helpful pointers would be appreciated. > I did this once so that users could only push to branches in a namespace beginning with their username, so the user "hgb" could only write to "hgb/master" and never to "master" directly (for example). This provides maximum freedom to the users while making sure they never muck about with any "official" branches. The script to accomplish this is, alas, lost. Denying non-fast-forwards even if --force is in effect is a config option these days, I think. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace.