Chapter 7. Advanced Access Control and Configuration
The basic access control methods described in the previous chapter are sufficient for most sites, and there are many that do not go further than that. However, Gitolite has a lot more features waiting for people who need them. We'll go through some of these advanced features in this chapter. In each case, we'll attempt to describe a practical scenario that demonstrates a need and then explain how the feature fulfills that need.
Making changes to the rc file
Many of Gitolite's advanced features and configuration options are managed by editing the rc file. This is a file named .gitolite.rc, which is present in the home directory of the Gitolite hosting user.
The file is liberally commented and it ...
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