Gitolite Essentials

by Sitaram Chamarty

The book is written to suit an easy-reading style, using typical problems in access control to illustrate the need for each Gitolite feature explained. This book is for system administrators or development managers who need to keep a lid on Git-based development workflows. Basic knowledge of Git as well as of the Unix shell is helpful.

120 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Iustin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reasonable book, but light on details - it refers too much to "go read the manpages". It's a good introduction to gitolite, but could explain in more detail some aspects. For example, when talking about triggers, it says: "“The important trigger points, from a customization point of view, are INPUT, POST_CREATE, and POST_COMPILE, although there are several other trigger points supported.” However, it doesn't list them. Then, at the end of the chapter, it mention as a single line a few other triggers - PRE_GIT and POST_GIT being very interesting, but not explained at all.

I know this is "essentials", and not "in depth", but I do think it should have gone into more detail. Still, I enjoyed it as a quick intro to gitolite, and time spent reading it was worth it.

[Alessandro Pellizzari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ottimo manuale, soprattutto nella prima parte, in cui spesso non solo spiega come configurare gitolite, ma scende nei dettagli del funzionamento a basso livello e del perché di certe configurazioni.
Diventa un po' lacunoso e oscuro solo nella parte finale, dalla spiegazione delle VREF in poi.