Gitolite Essentials

Access Control example with Gitolite

We will see how simple Access Control can be with Gitolite. First, here's an example where the junior developers (let's call them Alice and Bob here) should be prevented from rewinding or deleting any branches, while the senior developers (Carol and David) are allowed to do so:

Tip

We will see this in more detail in later chapters, but Gitolite uses a plain text file to specify the configuration, and these access rules are placed in that file.

repo foo
  RW    =  alice bob
  RW+   =  carol david

You probably guessed that the RW stands for read and write. The + in the second rule stands for force, just as it does in the push command, and allows you to rewind or delete a branch.

Now, suppose we want the junior developers ...