git-shell - New repositories

Question

I have a server with a dedicated git user and repositories
I\'m trying to use the git-shell method to allow my devs to work on several projects.

I\'m ab

Answer 1

You can use a git-shell-commands directory to extend git-shell with custom commands, these can then be remotely executed using ssh.

For example create ~git/git-shell-commands/newgit with this content:

#!/bin/sh
mkdir -p ~/$1
cd ~/$1
git init --bare

Then chmod +x ~git/git-shell-commands/newgit to allow execution.

To use it, run:

ssh git@server newgit newrepo.git

this is enough to create a new bare git repository, it can be cloned using:

git clone git@server:newrepo.git