## Overview
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Gitblit is an open-source, pure Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving [Git][git] repositories.<br/>
Its designed primarily as a tool for small workgroups who want to host centralized repositories.

Gitblit is available in two variations:
<ul class='noBullets'>
<li>*Gitblit GO* - a complete & integrated pure Java stack<p>
    This is what you should download if you want to go from zero to Git in less than 5 mins.<br/>
    Gitblit GO is like a mashup of Apache httpd, [Git][git], and Gitweb with simplified configuration and maintenance.<br/>
    All dependencies are downloaded on first execution.<p>
<li>*Gitblit WAR* - a traditional WAR distribution<p>
    This is what you should download if you want to deploy Gitblit into your own servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty, etc).<br/>
    All dependencies are bundled.
</ul>

### Java Runtime Requirement

Gitblit requires a Java 6 Runtime Environment (JRE) or a Java 6 Development Kit (JDK).
 
### Current Release

**%VERSION%** ([go](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%GO%)|[war](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%WAR%)) based on [%JGIT%][jgit] &nbsp; *released %BUILDDATE%*

- fixed: repositories with a HEAD that pointed to an empty branch caused internal errors (issue 14)
- fixed: bare-cloned repositories were listed as (empty) and were not clickable (issue 13)
- fixed: default port for Gitblit GO is now 8443 to be more linux/os x friendly (issue 12)
- fixed: forward-slashes ('/', %2F) can be encoded using a custom character to workaround some servlet container default security measures for proxy servers (issue 11)<br/>**New:** *web.forwardSlashCharacter = /*
- fixed: repositories can now be reliably deleted and renamed (issue 10)
- fixed: users can now change their passwords (issue 1)
- fixed: always show root repository group first, i.e. don't sort root group with other groups
- fixed: tone-down repository group header color
- added: optionally display repository on-disk size on repositories page<br/>**New:** *web.showRepositorySizes = true*
- updated: MarkdownPapers 1.1.0
- updated: Jetty 7.4.3

issues, binaries, and sources @ [Google Code][googlecode]<br/>
sources @ [Github][gitbltsrc]

### License
Gitblit is distributed under the terms of the [Apache Software Foundation license, version 2.0][apachelicense]

[jgit]: http://eclipse.org/jgit "Eclipse JGit Site"
[git]: http://git-scm.com "Official Git Site"
[gitbltsrc]: http://github.com/gitblit "gitblit git repository"
[googlecode]: http://code.google.com/p/gitblit "gitblit project management"
[apachelicense]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 "Apache License, Version 2.0"