Gitosis not updating server configuration after push of configuration changes

Question

I\'ve set up gitosis using the tutorial privided at:

http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way

I found that I was unable

Answer 1

when I checked the '.gitosis.conf' file located in the home folder of the gitosis user, I found that it was not updated.

That's really weird -- on my gitosis installation, the .gitosis.conf in the "gitosis" user's home directory is a symlink. You might want to check that; perhaps gitosis thinks the repository is somewhere other than where you think it is?

Also, adding a section to your conf file like this:

[gitosis]
loglevel = DEBUG

can help you figure out a lot of problems with gitosis.