Migrate Git repository on Ubuntu 13.10

git_migration.txt

# On Git host machine

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install git

sudo useradd git -m -s /usr/bin/git-shell

cd ~git

sudo mkdir .ssh

sudo vi .ssh/authorized_keys

sudo chown -R git:git .ssh

sudo chmod 400 .ssh/authorized_keys

sudo chmod 700 .ssh

sudo mkdir <repo_name>.git

cd <repo_name>.git/

sudo git init --bare

cd ..

sudo chown -R git:git <repo_name>.git

# On local machine

cd ~/<repo_name>

git remote add new_origin git@<git_host>:~/<repo_name>.git

git push new_origin master

git remote rename origin old_origin

git remote rename new_origin origin

# Generate SSH keys

mkdir ~/.ssh

chmod 700 ~/.ssh

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096

# Append content of ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to <remote maching>~git/.ssh/authorized_keys