From: Eugene Sajine Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:28:57 GMT Subject: Re: get git not to care about permissions Message-ID: <76c5b8580911120728j2f9995basb554b0a493a364bf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <76c5b8580911111334p76232995qbd6bf6b06d250854@mail.gmail.com> >> >> On Nov 9, 2009 11:06 AM, "sconeman" wrote: >> >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to set up git on a NetApp drive at my school, BU.  The NetApp >> shares are configured with Windows permissions, and I forget the specifics >> (which I can figure out if needed) about why this is the case, but basically >> the deal is that if true UNIX permissions were to be used, Windows wouldn't >> be able to read the drive.  As such, and because we use the Kerberos >> ticketing system, the permissions for the drive are set up such that the >> owners (myself and my team members) have full permissions, but nobody else >> does.  Git doesn't like this and won't even create a bare repository.  Is >> there any way I can get git to ignore permissions and just do what it needs >> to do? >> >> Thanks in advance for the help! >> >> -Matt > -- On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Eugene Sajine wrote: > Hi, > > I had almost similar issue - bare repos in my case should be set up under > user which only few guys are having password from. So what I did is just a > small program which creates the bare repo locally and makes secure copy to > this user home. All authentication is hidden from the end user. Then users > can access their repos via git protocol. Ialso fillthe repo with some > additional info for cgit. > > Eugene BTW I'm using "git clone --bare" in this process, so if you have a repo with working copy you can create a bare one separately, put it on the server and then connect to it via "git remote add" Eugene