Re: Anybody home?

From: Joshua Stoutenburg <jehoshua02@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 15, 2011, 21:00 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOZxsTq0qMB_Y97WcodVbO6DmXRXBpP_at3SF-VkPbbcnDfjgw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP2yMaJcKnghtxxDNVYk=00KQ-ZOGEwACHRTU15tGnOuk3R4Hw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hey,
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Joshua Stoutenburg
> <jehoshua02@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Reading your exchanges elsewhere in this thread, I think you missed that
>>> you don't need a git server at all just to *use* git.
>>>
>>> Even when you want to exchange your commits between two or three machines,
>>> all you need is ssh access. There is no *git server* necessary. git is not
>>> svn. ;-)
>>>
>>> I thought I'd just mention this to help you streamline your search.
>>>
>>> -- Hannes
>>>
>>
>> I read the first four and a half chapters from the Pro Git book pdf.
>> So I think I understood that much.
>>
>> But in my situation, I do need a server so that other developers can
>> access anytime over the internet.
>>
>> I should have mentioned that.
>
> I guess I'm confused.  The fourth chapter of the Pro Git book is
> entirely about setting up your own Git server, including basically
> step by step instructions on Gitolite and Gitosis, in addition to
> simply running your own ssh-based server plus gitweb.  It is like 20
> pages long - how is this not exactly what you're asking for?
>
> Scott
>

Scott -- the man himself!

I've been reading the pdf version of the excellent Pro Git book: http://progit.org/ebook/progit.pdf

In the pdf version, Chapter 5 covers "Git on the Server". I was a little confused at section 5.2, "Getting Git on a Server".

I was expecting a process very similar to installing on a work station (sections 2.4, "Installing Git", and 2.5, "First-Time Git Setup"), with differences pertaining to the server. But this section (5.2) didn't talk about that and seemed to assume I already installed Git on the server. Instead, this section explains how to create a bare repository and Section 5.2.1 explains how to put the bare repository on the server.

So I jumped ahead to section 5.4, "Setting Up the Server", hoping to find the process I was expecting. For the most part it was there. But I was left pondering how tedious it would be to manage a couple dozen git users.

So I read sections 5.7 "Gitosis" and 5.8 "Gitolite". It sounds like these two tools do the same thing. Since I'm not sure what makes them different, I wasn't sure which one would fit my needs.

Then, I heard about Gitorious and would like to give that a spin. The idea of installing a single piece of software that does everything seems more appealing than installing and configuring multiple pieces of software.

I'll return to the books for now and do the best I can.

I'm running the Git server in a VirtualBox VM server and keep snapshots after significant changes. So if I break anything, it will be a couple clicks to recover.

Thanks for everyone's help.