Git repos management helpers

git-setup-home

#!/bin/bash

# usage: git-setup-home PATH
#
# It creates 'git' user and group, and prepares given home directory. 
# By default git home dir is '/var/git'. 

if [ $1 ] ; then 
    export GIT_HOME=$1  
else
    export GIT_HOME=/var/git
fi

useradd -r -U -d $GIT_HOME -m git && chmod g+rx $GIT_HOME
echo "Home for git repositories has been succesfuly created!"

git-setup-project

#!/bin/bash

# usage: git-setup-project NAME [DESCRIPTION]
#
# It creates bare, shared git repository in git home dir. When given project
# already exists then you are able to reinitialize it.

if [ -n $GIT_HOME ] ; then
    GIT_HOME=/var/git
fi

if [ -d $GIT_HOME ] ; then
    REPO_DIR=$GIT_HOME/$1.git

    if [ -d $REPO_DIR ] ; then
        echo -ne "Directory $REPO_DIR already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? [Yn]: "

        while read line ; do
            case $line in
                ""|y) break ;;
                n) echo "Aborting..." ; exit 0 ;;
                *) echo -ne "Type 'y' or 'n': " ;;
            esac
        done
    else
        mkdir $REPO_DIR
    fi

    cd $REPO_DIR
    git --bare init --shared=group && \
        chown -R git:git $REPO_DIR && \
        chmod -R g+ws $REPO_DIR 

    if [ $# -gt 1 ] ; then
        echo $2 > description
    fi
else
    echo "Git home directory $GIT_HOME doesn't exists!"
    exit 2
fi