Git on a server

SSH daemon must be running, of course and git must be installed and on the PATH.

Create a git user.

Add ssh public keys to their .ssh/authorized_keys 1

Change the git user’s shell to git-shell, lest they may wreak havoc.

Optionally, set up:

  • git-http-backend

  • gitweb, gitlist, … whatever you fancy

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    Consider adding no-port-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding,no-pty

Permissions after pushes

core.sharedRepository: group, all, or octal permission bits.

git init --bare --shared[=all]