Rename repo's name in gitolite and gitlab

rename-repo.md

• list your repositories

  cd /home/git
  sudo ls repositories/

• rename specified repo

  sudo mv repositories/old-name.git repositories/new-name.git

• clone gitolite-admin (under git folder)

  sudo -u gitlab -H git clone git@localhost:gitolite-admin.git /tmp/gitolite-admin

• update gitolite.conf

  sudo emacs /tmp/gitolite-admin/conf/gitolite.conf  

  replace all occurrences of old-name with new-name

• push gitolite.conf

  sudo git add .
  sudo git commit -m "rename repo"
  sudo -u gitlab -H git push

• cleanup /tmp/gitolite-admin

  sudo rm -rf /tmp/gitolite-admin

• update gitlab database (assume using mysql)

  use gitlabhq_production;
  select * from projects;
  update projects set path='new-name' where path='old-name';

• update the remote repo path in your local git

• DONE!