Linux – Local SVN repository to git

These days there is a "smart HTTP" upload feature, might even supersede the SSH access. No more private key generating is required, and installing should be easier, because the server component can be written in any language of choice:

• Running a Git server with IIS 7 and .NET 4: http://www.jeremyskinner.co.uk/2010/06/25/hosting-a-git-server-under-iis7-on-windows/ or http://github.com/yysun/Git-Web-Access
• Running a Git server via Python: http://github.com/dvdotsenko/git_http_backend.py
• Running a Git server via Python using git-http-backend : http://gitstack.com
• Running a Git server via Ruby: http://github.com/schacon/grack

If all fails, you can also choose to setup an Apache server, and use the standard git-http-backend CGI binary, see: What are the steps to setup git-http-backend w/ Apache on Windows?

Gitosis uses gitweb for http publishing of repositories.

You need to have gitweb running.

Please ensure that gitweb is installed. Your gitweb.conf should look like:

# Location of the git binary
$GIT = "/usr/bin/git";

# Project root for gitweb
$projectroot = "/srv/git/repositories";

$stylesheet = "/gitweb.css";
$logo = "/git-logo.png";
$favicon = "/git-favicon.png";

# Site name
$site_name = "My site";

# URL formatting
#$my_uri = "http://git.somewhere.net/";
#$home_link = $my_uri;

# Base URL for project trees
@git_base_url_list = ("ssh://git\@somewhere.net");

# Length of the project description column in the webpage.
$projects_list_description_width = 50;

# Which repos are allowed to export
$export_ok = "git-daemon-export-ok";

# Enable PATH_INFO so the server can produce URLs of the
# form: http://git.hokietux.net/project.git/xxx/xxx
$feature{'pathinfo'}{'default'} = [1];

# Enable blame, pickaxe search, snapshop, search, and grep
$feature{'blame'}{'default'} = [1];
$feature{'blame'}{'override'} = [1];

$feature{'pickaxe'}{'default'} = [1];
$feature{'pickaxe'}{'override'} = [1];

$feature{'snapshot'}{'default'} = [1];
$feature{'snapshot'}{'override'} = [1];

$feature{'search'}{'default'} = [1];

$feature{'grep'}{'default'} = [1];
$feature{'grep'}{'override'} = [1];

Example gitweb config in apache:

Alias /gitweb/gitweb.css /usr/share/gitweb/gitweb.css
Alias /gitweb/git-logo.png /usr/share/gitweb/git-logo.png
Alias /gitweb/git-favicon.png /usr/share/gitweb/git-favicon.png
ScriptAlias /gitweb /usr/lib/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
<Directory /usr/share/gitweb>
  Options FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
  AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
</Directory>
<Location /gitweb>
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    #AuthType Basic
    #AuthName "GITOLITE"
    #AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/gitweb.htpasswd
    #Require valid-user
</Location>
# Securing with users example
<Location /gitweb/SomethingToHide.git>
        Require user myusername
</Location>

I've switched to gitolite because...

• it is easier to use
• it has more options (security, grouping etc.)