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| author | Rasmus Dahlberg <rasmus@mullvad.net> | 2022-04-13 11:00:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Rasmus Dahlberg <rasmus@mullvad.net> | 2022-04-13 11:01:40 +0200 |
| commit | dea2253193f134c9a35de9ef50962a2907fd473a (patch) | |
| tree | 896de655e1b4ccb621f943b8c5d15356b9750b05 | |
| parent | 38b0a8e12433bb7f92a5fa8bb8d14c1df33a0cda (diff) | |
add repo rename notes from ln5
| -rw-r--r-- | wiki/cgit-rename-repo.md | 27 |
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diff --git a/wiki/cgit-rename-repo.md b/wiki/cgit-rename-repo.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b77ecbf --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki/cgit-rename-repo.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# Rename a repository +The below example is for the renaming of "toolbox" --> "admin". + +## Steps + +1. Make sure the repo does not have the sync-to-mirrors post-receive hook, since + that might mess up things + - gitolite.conf: remove repo from @sigsum_repos + - commit and push +2. Rename repo on the server and remove gl-conf, which will be regenerated + in step 3 + - git@getuid:~/repositories$ mv toolbox.git admin.git + - git@getuid:~/repositories$ rm admin.git/gl-conf +3. Rename repo in the config + - edit gitolite.conf + - commit and push +4. Add the repo back to @sigsum_repos, to undo step 1 + - edit gitolite.conf + - commit and push +5. Fix the remote url for mirror-github to reflect new name + - git@getuid:~/repositories$ vi admin.git/config + +(To fix GH mirroring, the appropriate renaming must also happen there.) + +## Credit + + - https://gitolite.com/gitolite/basic-admin.html#removingrenaming-a-repo |