| commit | author | age | ||
| 1f9dae | 1 | ## Troubleshooting |
| JM | 2 | |
| d39680 | 3 | ### Eclipse/Egit/JGit complains that it "can't open upload pack"? |
| 1f9dae | 4 | There are a few ways this can occur: |
| JM | 5 | |
| 6 | 1. You are using https with a self-signed certificate and you **did not** configure *http.sslVerify=false* | |
| 7 | 1. Window->Preferences->Team->Git->Configuration | |
| 8 | 2. Click the *New Entry* button | |
| 9 | 3. <pre>Key = *http.sslVerify* | |
| 10 | Value = *false*</pre> | |
| d39680 | 11 | 2. Gitblit GO's default self-signed certificate is bound to *localhost* and you are trying to clone/push between machines. |
| JM | 12 | 1. Review the contents of `makekeystore.cmd` |
| 13 | 2. Set *your hostname* in the *HOSTNAME* variable. | |
| 14 | 3. Execute the script.<br/>This will generate a new certificate and keystore for *your hostname* protected by *server.storePassword*. | |
| 15 | 3. The repository is clone-restricted and you don't have access. | |
| 16 | 4. The repository is clone-restricted and your password changed. | |
| 17 | 5. A regression in Gitblit. :( | |
| 1f9dae | 18 | |
| 85c2e6 | 19 | ### Why can't I access Gitblit GO from another machine? |
| d39680 | 20 | 1. Please check *server.httpBindInterface* and *server.httpsBindInterface* in `gitblit.properties`, you may be only be serving on *localhost*. |
| JM | 21 | 2. Please see the above answer about "**can't open upload pack**". |
| 22 | 3. Ensure that any firewall you may have running on the Gitblit server either has an exception for your specified ports or for the running process. | |
| 85c2e6 | 23 | |
| JM | 24 | ### How do I run Gitblit GO on port 80 or 443 in Linux? |
| 1f9dae | 25 | Linux requires root permissions to serve on ports < 1024.<br/> |
| JM | 26 | Run the server as *root* (security concern) or change the ports you are serving to 8080 (http) and/or 8443 (https). |
| 85c2e6 | 27 | |
| JM | 28 | ### Gitblit GO does not list my repositories?! |
| d39680 | 29 | 1. Confirm that the value *git.repositoriesFolder* in `gitblit.properties` actually points to your repositories folder. |
| JM | 30 | 2. Confirm that the Gitblit GO process has full read-write-execute permissions to your *git.repositoriesFolder*. |
| 85c2e6 | 31 | |
| JM | 32 | ### Gitblit WAR does not list my repositories?! |
| d39680 | 33 | 1. Confirm that the <context-param> *git.repositoriesFolder* value in your `web.xml` file actually points to your repositories folder. |
| JM | 34 | 2. Confirm that the servlet container process has full read-write-execute permissions to your *git.repositoriesFolder*. |
| 85c2e6 | 35 | |
| JM | 36 | ### Gitblit WAR will not authenticate any users?! |
| 37 | Confirm that the <context-param> *realm.userService* value in your `web.xml` file actually points to a `users.properties` file. | |
| 1f9dae | 38 | |
| JM | 39 | ## General Interest Questions |
| f90dc6 | 40 | |
| f13c4c | 41 | ### Gitblit? What kind of name is that? |
| 1f9dae | 42 | It's a phonetic play on [bitblt][bitblt] which is an image processing operation meaning *bit-block transfer*. |
| f90dc6 | 43 | |
| f13c4c | 44 | ### Why use Gitblit? |
| 1f9dae | 45 | It's a small tool that allows you to easily manage shared repositories and doesn't require alot of setup or git kung-foo. |
| f90dc6 | 46 | |
| 168566 | 47 | ### Who is the target user for Gitblit? |
| JM | 48 | Small workgroups that require centralized repositories. |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | Gitblit is not meant to be a social coding resource like [Github](http://github.com) or [Bitbucket](http://bitbucket.com) with 100s or 1000s of users. Gitblit is designed to fulfill the same function as your centralized Subversion or CVS server. | |
| 51 | ||
| 85c2e6 | 52 | ### Why does Gitblit exist when there is Git and Gitweb? |
| 168566 | 53 | As a Java developer I prefer that as much of my tooling as possible is Java.<br/> |
| JM | 54 | Originally, I was going to use [Mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic.com) but... |
| 55 | ||
| 716745 | 56 | - MercurialEclipse [shells to Python, writes to System.out, and captures System.in](http://mercurial.808500.n3.nabble.com/Hg4J-Mercurial-pure-Java-library-tp2693090p2694555.html)<br/> |
| 168566 | 57 | Parsing command-line output is fragile and suboptimal.<br/>Unfortunately this is necessary because Mercurial is an application, not a library. |
| JM | 58 | - Mercurial HTTP/HTTPS needs to run as CGI through Apache/IIS/etc, as mod_python through Apache, or served with a built-in http server.<br/> |
| 59 | This requires setup and maintenance of multiple, mixed 3rd party components. | |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | Gitblit eliminates all that complication with its 100% Java stack and simple single configuration file. | |
| 62 | ||
| 85c2e6 | 63 | Additionally, Git and Gitweb do not offer repository creation or user management. |
| JM | 64 | |
| f90dc6 | 65 | ### Do I need real Git? |
| d39680 | 66 | No (mostly). Gitblit is based on [JGit][jgit] which is a pure Java implementation of the [Git version control system][git].<br/> |
| 85c2e6 | 67 | Everything you need for Gitblit (except Java) is either bundled in the distribution file or automatically downloaded on execution. |
| d39680 | 68 | |
| JM | 69 | **mostly**<br/> |
| 70 | JGit does not fully support the git-gc featureset (garbage collection) so you may want native Git to periodically run git-gc until [JGit][jgit] fully supports this feature. | |
| 716745 | 71 | |
| 168566 | 72 | ### Can I run Gitblit in conjunction with my existing Git tooling? |
| 5450d0 | 73 | Yes. |
| f90dc6 | 74 | |
| f13c4c | 75 | ### Do I need a JDK or can I use a JRE? |
| JM | 76 | Gitblit will run just fine with a JRE. Gitblit can optionally use `keytool` from the JDK to generate self-signed certificates, but normally Gitblit uses [BouncyCastle][bouncycastle] for that need. |
| 1f9dae | 77 | |
| f13c4c | 78 | ### Does Gitblit use a database to store its data? |
| JM | 79 | No. Gitblit stores its repository configuration information within the `.git/config` file and its user information in `users.properties` or whatever filename is configured in `gitblit.properties`. |
| 80 | ||
| 1f9dae | 81 | ### Can I manually edit users.properties, gitblit.properties, or .git/config? |
| JM | 82 | Yes. You can manually manipulate all of them and (most) changes will be immediately available to Gitblit.<br/>Exceptions to this are noted in `gitblit.properties`. |
| 83 | ||
| d39680 | 84 | **NOTE:**<br/>Care must be taken to preserve the relationship between user roles and repository names.<br/>Please see the *User Roles* section of the [setup](/setup.html) page for details. |
| a4d249 | 85 | |
| 56c549 | 86 | ### Can I restrict access to paths within a repository? |
| JM | 87 | No. Access restrictions apply to the repository as a whole. |
| 88 | ||
| f13c4c | 89 | Gitblit's simple authentication and authorization mechanism can be used to facilitate one or more of the [workflows outlined here](http://progit.org/book/ch5-1.html). Should you require more fine-grained access controls you might consider using [gitolite](https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite). |
| 56c549 | 90 | |
| 5450d0 | 91 | ### Can I authenticate users against XYZ? |
| 85c2e6 | 92 | Yes. The user service is pluggable. You may write your own user service by implementing the *com.gitblit.IUserService* interface. Set the fully qualified classname as the *realm.userService* property. |
| 5450d0 | 93 | |
| f13c4c | 94 | ### Why doesn't Gitblit support SSH? |
| JM | 95 | Gitblit could integrate [Apache Mina][mina] to provide SSH access. However, doing so violates Gitblit's first design principle: [KISS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle).<br/> |
| 716745 | 96 | SSH support requires creating, exchanging, and managing SSH keys (arguably not more complicated than managing users). While this is possible, JGit's SmartHTTP implementation is a simpler and universal transport mechanism. |
| a4d249 | 97 | |
| JM | 98 | You might consider running [Gerrit](http://gerrit.googlecode.org) which does integrate [Apache Mina][mina] and supports SSH or you might consider serving [Git][git] on Linux which would offer real SSH support and also allow use of [many other compelling Git solutions](https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools). |
| f90dc6 | 99 | |
| f13c4c | 100 | ### What types of Search does Gitblit support? |
| JM | 101 | Gitblit supports case-insensitive searches of *commit message* (default), *author*, and *committer*.<br/> |
| f90dc6 | 102 | |
| JM | 103 | To search by *author* or *committer* use the following syntax in the search box: |
| 104 | ||
| 105 | author: james | |
| 106 | committer: james | |
| 107 | ||
| 108 | Alternatively, you could enable the search type dropdown list in your `gitblit.properties` file. | |
| 109 | ||
| 716745 | 110 | ### Can Gitblit be translated? |
| JM | 111 | |
| 112 | Yes. Most messages are localized to a standard Java properties file. | |
| c19ae5 | 113 | |
| f90dc6 | 114 | [bitblt]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_blit "Wikipedia Bitblt" |
| JM | 115 | [jgit]: http://eclipse.org/jgit "Eclipse JGit Site" |
| a4d249 | 116 | [git]: http://git-scm.com "Official Git Site" |
| f13c4c | 117 | [mina]: http://mina.apache.org "Apache Mina" |
| c22722 | 118 | [bouncycastle]: http://bouncycastle.org "The Legion of the Bouncy Castle" |
