How do I rename a Git repository created with gitolite?

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Patrick picture Patrick · Jan 16, 2011 · Viewed 17.3k times · Source

I created a Git repository using gitolite. Now I would like to rename that repository.

How can I do this?

In gitolite's readme is says that I should not work directly on the server. But I guess I have to do some work on the server in this case, right?

Answer

takeshin picture takeshin · Mar 2, 2011

As stated in the gitolite basic-admin manual:

renaming a repo

This is similar; there's no code to do this in gitolite. What you do is:

  • log on to the server, cd $REPO_BASE (default: cd ~/repositories), and

    mv old-name.git new-name.git

  • back on your gitolite-admin clone, edit conf/gitolite.conf and replace all occurrences of old-name with new-name. Then add, commit, and push as usual.

The order of these 2 steps is important; do not reverse them :-)

A third step is necessary on gitolite3:

  • edit file gl-conf in the repo and change the repository name to the new name

And of course, every user should update his clone configuration to point to the new repo name.

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