rare or one-time activities

#existing moving existing repos into gitolite

On the server:

Back on your workstation:

#moving moving servers

This is adapted from the "migrating" section of the [install][] page; if you're actually migrating from g2 please go there!

Nothing in any of the gitolite install/setup/etc will ever touch the data in any repository except the gitolite-admin repo. The only thing it will normally touch is the update hook. So one fool-proof way of "moving" servers is this (untested but should work; feedback appreciated):

  1. Install gitolite on the new server, using the same key for the admin as for the old server.

  2. Copy the [rc][] file from the old server, overwriting this one.

  3. [Disable][writable] the old server so people won't push to it.

  4. Copy all the repos over from the old server, including gitolite-admin. Make sure the files end up with the right ownership and permissions; if not, chown/chmod them.

  5. Run gitolite setup.

  6. On a clone of the old gitolite-admin, add a new remote (or change an existing one) to point to the new server. Then git push -f to this remote.