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| | | ### Why use Gitblit?
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| | | 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?
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| | | 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?
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| | | As a Java developer I prefer that as much of my tooling as possible is Java.<br/>
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| | | 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/>
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| | | Parsing command-line output is fragile and suboptimal.<br/>Unfortunately this is necessary because Mercurial is an application, not a library.
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| | | - 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/>
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| | | 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.
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| | | ### Do I need real Git?
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| | | No. Gitblit is based on [JGit][jgit] which is a pure Java implementation of the [Git version control system][git].<br/>
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| | | Everything you need for Gitblit is either in the zip distribution file or automatically downloaded on execution.
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| | | ### What about periodic Git garbage collection (git-gc)?
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| | | Good question. I'm not sure.
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| | | Git repositories grow and grow and periodically need to be repacked every once in a while. Git calls this process [garbage collection](http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-gc.html) (which is not to be confused with [garbage collection](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_science)).)
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| | | [JGit's][jgit] documentation is sparse and its unclear whether or not JGit performs this function.
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| | | ### Can I run Gitblit in conjunction with my existing Git tooling?
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| | | Yes. You can configure Gitblit to only be a repository viewer.
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| | | ### Do I need a JDK or can I use a JRE?
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| | | 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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| | | ### Why doesn't Gitblit support SSH?
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| | | 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/>
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| | | SSH support requires creating, exchanging, and managing SSH keys. While this is possible, JGit's SmartHTTP implementation is a simpler and universal transport mechanism.
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| | | 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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| | | Alternatively, you could enable the search type dropdown list in your `gitblit.properties` file.
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| | | Currently blame is not implemented. Those links are placeholders to remind me where Gitweb offers blame.
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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"
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| | | [jgit]: http://eclipse.org/jgit "Eclipse JGit Site"
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| | | [git]: http://git-scm.com "Official Git Site"
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| | | [mina]: http://mina.apache.org "Apache Mina"
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| | | [bouncycastle]: http://bouncycastle.org "The Legion of the Bouncy Castle" |
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| | | [bouncycastle]: http://bouncycastle.org "The Legion of the Bouncy Castle"
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| | | [hg4j]: http://code.google.com/p/hg4j/ "hg4j" |
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