We use Gitolite to manage access to the Evergreen Git repositories. Gitolite using a Git repository to store its configuration; changes are made by pushing commits to it.

git checkout git@git.evergreen-ils.org:gitolite-admin

Note that this works only if you have an SSH key registered and you are a member of the gitadmin group.

In order to get access to push to the working repositories, a contributor should provide one or more SSH public keys, either DSA or RSA in OpenSSH format. A unique username should be chosen; if not specified by the contributor, their IRC nick is a good choice.

If one key is provided, name the file nick.pub. If multiple keys are provided, name them like this:

1. nick@foo.pub
2. nick@bar.pub
3. nick@baz.pub
4. etc.

Both nick.pub and nick@quux.pub can be used simultaneously.

In your checkout of gitolite-admin, put the key files in the keydir/ subdirectory. Use normal Git commands to create a commit containing the new files, then push it:

git push origin master

A hook will complain if something is wrong with the new keys.