make-bear-repo.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo "This will create a new bare repo here."

while [ !1 ]; do
    break
done


while [ 1 ]; do
    echo -n "Enter the name of the repo: "
    read name

    # check if empty
    if [ ! $name ]; then
        echo " ...you need to provide a name"
        continue
    fi

    # add .git suffix to repo name if it doesn't exist
    if [ `echo $name | grep -v .git$` ]; then
        name=$name.git
    fi

    # check if dir exists
    if [ -a $name ]; then
        echo "...a file or directory called '$name' already exists in current directory"
        continue
    fi
    break
done

while [ 1 ]; do
    echo -n "Enter the the root path of the website /var/www/yoursite || /usr/share/nginx/html/yoursite: "
    read path

      # check if empty
    if [ ! $path ]; then
        echo " ...you need to provide a path"
        continue
    fi
    # check if dir exists
    if [ ! -d $path ]; then
        echo ".. this directory does not exist"
        continue
    fi
    break

done


while [ 1 ]; do
    echo -n "Enter the group if you want a shared repo, leave empty otherwise: "
    read group
    if [ ! $group ]; then
        break
    else
        if [ `grep ^$group: /etc/group` ]; then
            shared="--shared=group"
            while [ 1 ]; do
                echo -n "Shared repos deny non fast forward by default. Do you want to enable them? [y/N]: "
                read resp
                if [ "$resp" == "y" -o "$resp" == "Y" ]; then
                    enable_ff=true
                    break
                elif [ "$resp" == "n" -o "$resp" == "N" -o -z "$resp" ]; then
                    break
                fi
                echo "...bad answer, try again [y/N]"
            done
            break
        else
            echo "...group '$group' doesn't exist"
        fi
    fi
done

if [ $group ]; then
    echo "Creating repo '$name' for group '$group'."
else
    echo "Creating single user repo '$name'."
fi

git init --bare $shared $name
if [ $group ]; then
    echo "Chgrping."
    chgrp -R $group $name
    if [ $enable_ff ]; then
        echo "Enabling non fast forward updates."
        git config -f $name/config receive.denyNonFastForwards true
    fi
fi

hook_path=""
hook_path+="#!/bin/sh\n"
hook_path+="GIT_WORK_TREE=$path git checkout -f\n"
hook_path+="service nginx reload"

echo -e $hook_path > $name/hooks/post-receive
chmod u+x $name/hooks/post-receive

echo "Done!"

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