btgitserver 3.2.0

Python-based Git Server

Overview

A git server implementation written in python.

Based off the amazing work by Stewart Park in this gist: https://gist.github.com/stewartpark/1b079dc0481c6213def9.

Features:

• Makes any git repository lying below the search_paths setting available for git clone and git push via HTTP using basic authentication
• Application defaults can be overridden by specifying a configuration file
  Review etc/config.yaml for a sample data structure.
• On-demand repos: If you attempt to push a non-existing repo to the server, it will be created
• Employs process threading via gunicorn

Installation

• Install from pypi.org: pip install btgitserver
• Install directly from git repo: pip install git+http://www.github.com/berttejeda/bert.git-server.git

Usage

To get usage information and help: bt.git-server -h

Clone paths

These are the routes accepted by the script:

• '/<org_name>/<project_name>'

These routes mirror the directory structure under the git search path(s).

Authentication

For now, the only authentication available is HTTP AUTH BASIC

As such, the default credentials are:

Username: git-user Password: git-password

Usage Examples

Clone a repo

• Create a test org and repo:

cd ~
mkdir -p /tmp/repos/contoso/test
cd /tmp/repos/contoso/test
git init .
git checkout -b main
touch test_file.txt
git add .
git commit -m 'Initial Commit'
cd ~
bt.git-server -r /tmp/repos

Note: The --repo-search-paths/-r cli option allows specifying multiple, space-delimited search paths, e.g. bt.git-server -r /tmp/repos /tmp/repos2

• Launch the standalone git server

bt.git-server

You should see output similar to:

Running on http://0.0.0.0:5000/	

• On client-side:

Try cloning the repo you just created via the supported routes:

e.g.

git clone http://git-user:git-password@127.0.0.1:5000/contoso/test

Push an on-demand repo

mkdir -p foo-bar
cd foo-bar
git init .
git remote add origin http://git-user:git-password@127.0.0.1:5000/contoso/foo-bar
git checkout -b main
touch test_file.txt
git add .
git commit -m 'Initial Commit'
git push --set-upstream origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

Docker

For your convenience, a Dockerfile has been provided, so feel free to build your own containerized instance of this app, or use the pre-built docker image:

mkdir /tmp/repos
docker run -it --rm -p 5000:5000 \
-v /tmp/repos:/opt/git-server/repos \
berttejeda/git-server