gitolite installation issue

Question

Has any one tryied the easy install option of gitolite?
I am trying to install gitolite from my windows (workstation ) to a solaris box.

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Answer 1

I did precisely the same installation (Windows to Solaris), and it is worth it.

I did it:

• from a git bash session (not a DOS session),
• with $HOME correctly set (i.e. referencing a directory where my .ssh public/private keys are stored, including the one for the user present on the Solaris server side)

Answer 2

This can occur if on the server, the git user has a key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys for the remote user that is not prefixed with the command variable:

% cat ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
ssh-rsa ...... user@host
# gitolite start
command="/home/gituser/.... user@host
# gitolite end
%

Just remove the first line and you're good to go.

Answer 3

We fixed this by reading the https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/pu/doc/ssh-troubleshooting.mkd document. Specifically the section that mentions that we did not heed the instructions. "These problems happen to the person who has utterly failed to read/heed the message that shows up at the end of running the gl-easy-install" Remove all files. Re-run the install, and HEED the instructions :)

Answer 4

Most of times, this seems to be because ssh doesn't pass the right public key to use to gitolite. Cf. "Does Not Appear to be a Git Repository". A comment in this article links to the gitolite author's website, especially to the 'Appendix #2', which explains how to know "which key is which".