Disk - Git

In this article you will read:

• What Git is and what it's for
• How to activate Git on Disk
• How to manage Git on Drive
• Frequently Asked Questions

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Git

GIT is a tool that helps programmers work together on projects, maintain a history of changes, and facilitate code sharing and management. For more information and management guides, see the external project documentation ⧉.

Git on Drive allows you to create and manage users and repositories.

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Activating Git on Disk

Git is an additional service of Disk. Activate it by following these steps:

1. Log in to the customer administration ⧉.
2. From the top menu, select Server Services Disk.
3. From the list, select the disk for which you want to activate Git.
4. Select Additional services from the left menu.
5. For Git, click the green (+) button.

Confirm activation with the Activate button.

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The Gitu report

After activating Git, you can manage users and repositories. 

To manage users or repositories, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the customer administration ⧉.
2. From the top menu, select Server Services Disk.
3. From the list, select the disk for which you want to manage Git users or repositories.
4. In the left menu, select Git repositories or Git users.

Git users

The user management interface allows:

• Add a new user by clicking the + new user button.
• Edit a user by clicking the magnifying glass button or the user name. As part of the editing process, you can:
  • Change user description.
  • Change your password using the Change Password button.
  • Delete user.

Git repositories

The repository management interface allows you to:

• Add a new repository by clicking the + create repository button.
• Edit a repository by clicking the magnifying glass or repository name. As part of editing, you can:
  • Change the description of the repository.
  • Delete the repository.

In the details of the repository you will find:

• URL of the repository.
• Interface for assigning and removing users.

Manage users through the Users repository interface:

• Add a new user by selecting it at the bottom of the interface and click >> to confirm.
• Remove an existing user by clicking the cross button to the left of their name.
• By checking the box in the Read-only column ? to allow the user to read the repository only; other added users have unrestricted access.

When you are finished managing repository users, click Update Configuration to save your changes.

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Frequently Asked Questions