ursus/git repository overview

⁠git

Dockerized git server (based on Alpine)

Run container: docker run -d ursus/git

⁠Tags

• ursus/git[:latest]

• ursus/git:python

  Enables use of python3 scripts in git hooks and git shell commands

⁠git user

• Home directory: /srv/git (owned by git user)

• Shell: /usr/bin/git-shell

• To enable ssh login, add public keys to /srv/git/.ssh/authorized_keys

  • Using docker

    docker exec -it CONTAINER sh -c "echo $(cat ~/.ssh/{KEY_NAME}.pub) >> /srv/git/.ssh/authorized_keys"

  • In a Dockerfile

    COPY {KEY_NAME}.pub /srv/git/.ssh/authorized_keys

    RUN chmod 600 /srv/git/.ssh/authorized_keys

    RUN chown git:git /srv/git/.ssh/authorized_keys

• To add a repository

  • docker exec -it CONTAINER sh -c "su git -s /bin/sh -c 'git init --bare REPOSITORY_NAME.git'"

• To clone a repository

  • git clone git@ADDRESS:REPOSITORY_NAME.git
  • git clone ssh://git@ADDRESS:PORT/~/REPOSITORY_NAME.git

• To access /bin/sh as git user

  • docker exec -it CONTAINER sh -c "su git -s /bin/sh"

⁠Note:

• To disable the git-shell prompt or display a message when accessing through ssh
  • Add a script named no-interactive-login to /srv/git/git-shell-commands and make sure to chmod +x /srv/git/git-shell-commands/no-interactive-login