Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Give users access to gitolite repos

Timestamp:

04/29/25 21:17:12 (4 weeks ago)

Author:

enno

Comment:

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Give users access to gitolite repos

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-1. 🗝️ Create a new SSH key pair
+== Create a new SSH key pair for every user or role
 
+{{{#!sh
 ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/KEYNAME
+}}}
+
 Example:
 
+{{{#!sh
 ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/mesechannel
-✅ Creates:
+}}}
+
+This creates:
 
 ~/.ssh/mesechannel (private key)
 ~/.ssh/mesechannel.pub (public key)
-2. 🗝️ Add the new public key to Gitolite
 
-Clone the gitolite-admin repo if you haven't already:
 
+== Add the new public key to Gitolite
+
+=== Clone the gitolite-admin repo if you haven't already:
+
+{{{#!sh
 git clone kokyou.dev:gitolite-admin
-(use your admin key).
+}}}
 
-Then:
+=== Copy the user key to the keydir
 
+{{{#!sh
 cd gitolite-admin
 cp ~/.ssh/mesechannel.pub keydir/mesechannel.pub
-✅ You added the user key.
+}}}
 
-3. 🛠️ Edit conf/gitolite.conf
-
-Edit conf/gitolite.conf:
-
-@devs = mesechannel mesepackager
-
+== Edit conf/gitolite.conf
+{{{
 repo airsituation
-    RW+ = @devs
+    RW+ = admin mesechannel
+    R   = mesepackager
 
 repo gitolite-admin
-    RW+ = admin mesechannel
-✅ Both admin and mesechannel can now fully control Gitolite.
+    RW+ = admin
+}}}
 
-4. 📤 Admin Push Syntax (VERY IMPORTANT)
+Only admin can write to the gitolite-admin repo
+Both admin and mesechannel can fully control the airsituation repo.
+mesepackager can only read the air situation repo
+
+== Push changes to effect your setup
 
 Once you changed keydir/ and/or conf/, you must commit and push like this:
 
+{{{#!sh
 git add keydir/
 git add conf/gitolite.conf
-git commit -m "Add mesechannel as dev and admin"
 git push
-In short:
+}}}
 
-Always git add the modified files.
-Always git commit.
-Always git push to update Gitolite immediately.
-✅ After push, Gitolite applies changes automatically — no restart needed.
+After push, Gitolite applies changes automatically — no restart needed.
 
-5. 🔐 Edit local ~/.ssh/config
+== Edit local ~/.ssh/config
 
 Host kokyou.dev
@@ -68 +76 @@
     IdentityFile ~/.ssh/mesepackager
     IdentitiesOnly yes
-✅ SSH knows which key to use depending on which Host alias you reference.
 
-6. 🚀 Push an existing local project to Gitolite
+SSH knows which key to use depending on which Host alias you reference.
+
+== Push an existing local project to Gitolite
 
 From your project directory:
 
+{{{#!sh
 cd ~/projects/myproject
 git remote add origin gitolite-mesechannel:airsituation
-git push -u origin main
-✅ Your full project history is uploaded.
+git push
+}}}
 
-7. 📥 Clone a repo using different users/keys
+In case you want to push as admin use
+
+{{{#!sh
+git remote add origin kokyou.dev:airsituation
+}}}
+
+== Clone a repo using different users/keys
 
 Example:
 
+{{{#!sh
 git clone gitolite-mesechannel:airsituation
+}}}
+
 or
 
+{{{#!sh
 git clone gitolite-mesepackager:some-other-repo
+}}}
+
 depending on which SSH identity you use.
+
 [wiki:Workflows back]