1. 🗝️ Create a new SSH key pair

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/KEYNAME
Example:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/mesechannel
✅ 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:

git clone kokyou.dev:gitolite-admin
(use your admin key).

Then:

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

repo airsituation
    RW+ = @devs

repo gitolite-admin
    RW+ = admin mesechannel
✅ Both admin and mesechannel can now fully control Gitolite.

4. 📤 Admin Push Syntax (VERY IMPORTANT)

Once you changed keydir/ and/or conf/, you must commit and push like this:

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.

5. 🔐 Edit local ~/.ssh/config

Host kokyou.dev
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/admin
    IdentitiesOnly yes

Host gitolite-mesechannel
    HostName kokyou.dev
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/mesechannel
    IdentitiesOnly yes

Host gitolite-mesepackager
    HostName kokyou.dev
    User git
    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

From your project directory:

cd ~/projects/myproject
git remote add origin gitolite-mesechannel:airsituation
git push -u origin main
✅ Your full project history is uploaded.

7. 📥 Clone a repo using different users/keys

Example:

git clone gitolite-mesechannel:airsituation
or

git clone gitolite-mesepackager:some-other-repo
depending on which SSH identity you use.
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