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gitosis


Information about the package, gitosis, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gitosis package is designed for, Git repository hosting application.


Package Name:

gitosis

Summary:

Git repository hosting application

Description:

Gitosis aims to make hosting git repos easier and safer. It manages multiple repositories under one user account, using SSH keys to identify users. End users do not need shell accounts on the server, they will talk to one shared account that will not let them run arbitrary commands.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0.2

Release:

9.20080825git.el6

Size:

72 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPL+



Handy Yum Commands for gitosis


Control the gitosis package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install gitosis

This command will install gitosis on the server.

yum remove gitosis

This command will un-install gitosis on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gitosis, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove gitosis

This command will un-install gitosis on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gitosis when using the -y flag.

yum update gitosis

This command will update gitosis to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gitosis, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update gitosis

This command will update gitosis to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gitosis when using the -y flag.

yum info gitosis

This command will show you core information about the gitosis package.

yum deplist gitosis

This command will show you the dependencies for gitosis. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update gitosis

This command will check if there is an update waiting on gitosis. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.