This is README for openSUSE Before you can start you need to 'initialize' your repo. 1) before you can work with gitolite you need a ssh-pubkey. When you have one you just need to copy it over to the box where you have installed gitolite. e.g. to /tmp/YourName.pub 2) Switch user to git: su - git 3) check where you are: pwd you should be here: /srv/gitolite 4) now initialize gitolite: gitolite setup -pk /tmp/YourName.pub 5) on your *workstation* check out gitolite: git clone git@ServerName:gitolite-admin ###################################################################### Upgrade from version 2: ========================= http://gitolite.com/gitolite/migr.html References: =========== http://gitolite.com/gitolite http://gitolite.com/gitolite/install.html Don't forget o have FUN :)