publish_using_git.md

You've got files in a git repo and you want them on a static server. Here's how it's done using a Mac Mini:

Set up your local repo

 $ mkdir marketing && cd marketing
 $ git init
 $ echo 'Hello, world!' > index.html
 $ git add .
 $ git commit -am "init"

On the server, init a bare repo

 $ cd /mt/git
 $ mkdir getfirehose.git && cd getfirehose.git
 $ git init --bare --shared

Create a git user in System Preferences. If can't screenshare into your server for some reason, you can also do this:

 $ sudo dscl . -create /Users/git
 $ sudo dscl . -create /Users/git UserShell /usr/bin/git-shell
 $ sudo dscl . -create /Users/git RealName "Git server"
 $ sudo dscl . -create /Users/git UniqueID 504
 $ sudo dscl . -create /Users/git PrimaryGroupID 20
 $ sudo dscl . -create /Users/git NFSHomeDirectory /Users/git
 $ sudo dscl . -passwd /Users/git [the users password]
 $ sudo mkdir -p /Users/git
 $ sudo chown -R git:staff /Users/git

Make the owner of all files in the repo to the git user.
```
 $ sudo chown -R git .
```

Change git user's shell to use git-shell (this allows the git user to do only git things)

 $ chsh -s /usr/bin/git-shell
 $ sudo dscl . -create /Users/git UserShell /usr/bin/git-shell

Print a greeting when someone tries to ssh in as the git user:

 $ mkdir $HOME/git-shell-commands
 $ cat >$HOME/git-shell-commands/no-interactive-login <<\EOF
 #!/bin/sh
 printf '%s\n' "Hi $USER! You've successfully authenticated, but I do not"
 printf '%s\n' "provide interactive shell access."
 exit 128
 EOF
 $ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/no-interactive-login

Create SSH keys on your local machine (if you already have them, skip this step)

 $ mkdir .ssh
 $ chmod 700 .ssh
 $ cd .ssh
 $ ssh-keygen -t rsa
 $ cp id_rsa.pub ~/Desktop

Move your publish ssh key to the server:

 $ scp ~/Desktop/id_rsa.pub [email protected]:/Users/git

Add your local machines public key to the git user's authorized_keys file.

 $ mkdir .ssh
 $ chmod 700 .ssh
 $ cat id_rsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys

Create a post-receive hook to checkout the repo to your web folder:

$ mkdir /mt/sites/getfirehose
$ cat > hooks/post-receive
#!/bin/sh
GIT_WORK_TREE=/mt/sites/getfirehose git checkout -f
$ chmod +x hooks/post-receive

Add your repo as a remote on your local machine.

$ git add remote production [email protected]:/mt/git/getfirehose.git

Push to your repo
```
$ git push production master
```
Install nginx (could be a lot more complex, but if you're starting off simple)
```
$ brew install nginx
```
Open the nginx config file:
```
$ vi /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
```

Configure nginx to serve up your site:

worker_processes  1; 
 
events { 
  worker_connections  1024; 
} 
 
http { 
  include       mime.types; 
  default_type  application/octet-stream; 

  sendfile        on; 
  keepalive_timeout  65; 
  gzip  on; 

  server {
      listen       80;
      server_name  getfirehose.com www.getfirehose.com;

      location / {
          root   /mt/sites/getfirehose/;
          index  index.html index.htm;
      }
  }
}

Make sure your git user owns everything in the site folder
```
$ sudo chown -R git /mt/sites/getfirehose
```

Start or restart nginx:

$ sudo kill -HUP `cat /usr/local/var/run/nginx.pid`

http://getfirehose.com

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