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Reinstall gitolite

riyad edited this page 2012-12-24 12:30:28 -08:00

Table of Contents

• 1. Move all your repositories in safe place
• 2. Remove git user with home dir
• 3. Add git user
• 4. Add git to gitlab user and gitlab to git
• 5. Clone latest gitolite and setup it
• 6. Copy repos back
• 7. Test gitolite clone
• 8. Copy hooks
• 9. Move keys, repos to gitolite config from gitlab app

This guide allow to quickly setup gitolite v3 from scratch saving existing repositories

1. Move all your repositories in safe place

sudo mv /home/git/repositories /home/gitlab/bk/

2. Remove git user with home dir

sudo userdel -r git

3. Add git user

    sudo adduser \
      --system \
      --shell /bin/sh \
      --gecos 'git version control' \
      --group \
      --disabled-password \
      --home /home/git \
      git

4. Add git to gitlab user and gitlab to git

sudo usermod -a -G git gitlab

5. Clone latest gitolite and setup it

sudo -H -u git git clone -b gl-v320 https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitolite.git /home/git/gitolite
cd /home/git
sudo -u git -H mkdir bin
sudo -u git sh -c 'echo -e "PATH=\$PATH:/home/git/bin\nexport PATH" >> /home/git/.profile'
sudo -u git sh -c 'gitolite/install -ln /home/git/bin'
sudo cp /home/gitlab/.ssh/id_rsa.pub /home/git/gitlab.pub
sudo chmod 0444 /home/git/gitlab.pub
sudo -u git -H sh -c "PATH=/home/git/bin:$PATH; gitolite setup -pk /home/git/gitlab.pub"

6. Copy repos back

cd /home/gitlab/bk
sudo cp -R ./  /home/git/repositories
sudo chmod -R ug+rwXs,o-rwx /home/git/repositories/
sudo chown -R git:git /home/git/repositories/

7. Test gitolite clone

sudo -u gitlab -H git clone git@localhost:gitolite-admin.git /tmp/gitolite-admin

8. Copy hooks

cd /home/gitlab/gitlab/
sudo cp ./lib/hooks/post-receive /home/git/.gitolite/hooks/common/post-receive
sudo chown git:git /home/git/.gitolite/hooks/common/post-receive

9. Move keys, repos to gitolite config from gitlab app

sudo -u gitlab -H bundle exec rake gitlab:gitolite:update_keys RAILS_ENV=production
sudo -u gitlab -H bundle exec rake gitlab:gitolite:update_repos RAILS_ENV=production

# for GitLab 3.1 and earlier
sudo -u gitlab -H bundle exec rake gitlab:app:enable_automerge RAILS_ENV=production
# for GitLab 4.0 and later
sudo -u gitlab -H bundle exec rake gitlab:enable_automerge RAILS_ENV=production

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