Quite some time ago I setup Gitosis on my VPS and enjoyed having things like apache configuration and simple html sites backed up to my local machine with full revision history, and checks for changes and hacking on the box itself, too. There are so many benefits to putting your sensitive but not often worked on files under version control. That isn’t the subject of this simple post, though. This simple post is just to publicise Gitolite a bit more, as I hadn’t heard of it until recently when I happened to search for an alternative after locking myself out of Gitosis (a common problem).
Gitosis has had no commits for quite a long time, which could imply that it is perfect, or could imply that it’s no longer being maintained/improved. Gitolite is being maintained and provides extra functionality over Gitosis in terms of fine grained permissions, particularly.
I could pick on a few things about Gitolite, but nothing serious. I’m using it in earnest now, and am happy to be using it. If you want a private Git hosting service and have a box with SSH and Git installed, Gitolite could be for you!
I have written quite a few tech article drafts over the last year or so. I hope to put a few more of them up on this blog before too long. Thanks for your patience.