Editing CommunityData:Git (section)

=== Creating a new repository ===

To create a new repository, you will need to have admin rights. Currently, everyone in the collective group is an administrator.

First, you will need to clone the gitolite-admin repository

 $ git clone git@code.communitydata.science:gitolite-admin

And then edit the file <code>conf/gitolite.conf</code>. To add a new project, simply create a new entry at the bottom of the file.

For example,
 
<source lang='apache'>
repo foo
    RW+ = aaron mako
    R   = jdfoote
</source>

would create a new repository at git@code.communitydata.science:foo with aaron and mako as admins, and give jdfoote read-only access *once this file was saved, committed, and pushed*.

In order to actually create the repository you need to:

# Save the file (i.e., with text editor)
# Add the file with (with <code>git add conf/gitolite.conf</code>)
# Commit the file (with <code>git commit</code>) (this will put you into a text editor where you can add a commit message)
# Push the file back to the server (with <code>git push</code>)