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- ## Troubleshooting
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- ### Eclipse/Egit/Git complains that it "can't open upload pack"?
- There are a few ways this can occur:
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- 1. You are using https with a self-signed certificate and you **did not** configure *http.sslVerify=false*
- 1. Window->Preferences->Team->Git->Configuration
- 2. Click the *New Entry* button
- 3. <pre>Key = *http.sslVerify*
- Value = *false*</pre>
- 2. The repository is clone-restricted and you don't have access.
- 3. The repository is clone-restricted and your password changed.
- 4. A regression in Gitblit. :(
-
- ### Why can't I access Gitblit-Go from another machine?
- Please check *server.httpBindInterface* and *server.httpsBindInterface* in `gitblit.properties`.
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- ### How do I run Gitblit-Go on port 80 or 443 in Linux?
- Linux requires root permissions to serve on ports < 1024.<br/>
- Run the server as *root* (security concern) or change the ports you are serving to 8080 (http) and/or 8443 (https).
-
- ## General Interest Questions
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- ### Gitblit? What kind of name is that?
- It's a phonetic play on [bitblt][bitblt] which is an image processing operation meaning *bit-block transfer*.
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- ### Why use Gitblit?
- It's a small tool that allows you to easily manage shared repositories and doesn't require alot of setup or git kung-foo.
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- ### Who is the target user for Gitblit?
- Small workgroups that require centralized repositories.
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- Gitblit is not meant to be a social coding resource like [Github](http://github.com) or [Bitbucket](http://bitbucket.com) with 100s or 1000s of users. Gitblit is designed to fulfill the same function as your centralized Subversion or CVS server.
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- ### Why does Gitblit exist?
- As a Java developer I prefer that as much of my tooling as possible is Java.<br/>
- Originally, I was going to use [Mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic.com) but...
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- - MercurialEclipse [shells to Python, writes to System.out, and captures System.in](http://mercurial.808500.n3.nabble.com/Hg4J-Mercurial-pure-Java-library-tp2693090p2694555.html)<br/>
- Parsing command-line output is fragile and suboptimal.<br/>Unfortunately this is necessary because Mercurial is an application, not a library.
- - Mercurial HTTP/HTTPS needs to run as CGI through Apache/IIS/etc, as mod_python through Apache, or served with a built-in http server.<br/>
- This requires setup and maintenance of multiple, mixed 3rd party components.
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- Gitblit eliminates all that complication with its 100% Java stack and simple single configuration file.
-
- ### Do I need real Git?
- No. Gitblit is based on [JGit][jgit] which is a pure Java implementation of the [Git version control system][git].<br/>
- Everything you need for Gitblit is either in the zip distribution file or automatically downloaded on execution.
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- ### Can I run Gitblit in conjunction with my existing Git tooling?
- Yes.
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- ### Do I need a JDK or can I use a JRE?
- Gitblit will run just fine with a JRE. Gitblit can optionally use `keytool` from the JDK to generate self-signed certificates, but normally Gitblit uses [BouncyCastle][bouncycastle] for that need.
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- ### Does Gitblit use a database to store its data?
- No. Gitblit stores its repository configuration information within the `.git/config` file and its user information in `users.properties` or whatever filename is configured in `gitblit.properties`.
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- ### Can I manually edit users.properties, gitblit.properties, or .git/config?
- Yes. You can manually manipulate all of them and (most) changes will be immediately available to Gitblit.<br/>Exceptions to this are noted in `gitblit.properties`.
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- *NOTE:* Care must be taken to preserve the relationship between user roles and repository names.<br/>Please see the [setup](/setup.html) page for details.
-
- ### Can I restrict access to paths within a repository?
- No. Access restrictions apply to the repository as a whole.
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- Gitblit's simple authentication and authorization mechanism can be used to facilitate one or more of the [workflows outlined here](http://progit.org/book/ch5-1.html). Should you require more fine-grained access controls you might consider using [gitolite](https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite).
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- ### Can I authenticate users against XYZ?
- Yes. The login service is pluggable. You may write your own authentication module by implementing the *ILoginService* interface. Set the fully qualified classname as the *realm.realmFile* property.
-
- ### Why doesn't Gitblit support SSH?
- Gitblit could integrate [Apache Mina][mina] to provide SSH access. However, doing so violates Gitblit's first design principle: [KISS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle).<br/>
- SSH support requires creating, exchanging, and managing SSH keys (arguably not more complicated than managing users). While this is possible, JGit's SmartHTTP implementation is a simpler and universal transport mechanism.
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- You might consider running [Gerrit](http://gerrit.googlecode.org) which does integrate [Apache Mina][mina] and supports SSH or you might consider serving [Git][git] on Linux which would offer real SSH support and also allow use of [many other compelling Git solutions](https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools).
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- ### What types of Search does Gitblit support?
- Gitblit supports case-insensitive searches of *commit message* (default), *author*, and *committer*.<br/>
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- To search by *author* or *committer* use the following syntax in the search box:
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- author: james
- committer: james
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- Alternatively, you could enable the search type dropdown list in your `gitblit.properties` file.
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- ### Can Gitblit be translated?
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- Yes. Most messages are localized to a standard Java properties file.
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- [bitblt]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_blit "Wikipedia Bitblt"
- [jgit]: http://eclipse.org/jgit "Eclipse JGit Site"
- [git]: http://git-scm.com "Official Git Site"
- [mina]: http://mina.apache.org "Apache Mina"
- [bouncycastle]: http://bouncycastle.org "The Legion of the Bouncy Castle"
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