How do I restrict access to the master branch?

To protect the branch:

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Navigate to the main page of the project.
In the upper right corner, click the settings wheel and select Protected branches.
From the Branch dropdown menu, select the branch you want to protect and click Protect.
Once done, the protected branch will appear in the “Already protected” list.

How do you know which branch is the master?

If you run git remote show origin , it will show you the URL for the repo, its HEAD, the branches on the remote, and any local branches tracking those remote branches. So the branch next to HEAD branch: in the output of the command will be your master branch.

How do I connect to gitolite?

Make sure you have an admin key that has RW+ rights to the gitolite-admin repo; you will need this later. Install gitolite on the new server, using the same key for the admin as for the old server. Copy the rc file from the old server, overwriting this one. Disable the old server so people won’t push to it.

How do you use gitolite?

Set up the gitolite environment on the git server This command ssh to the git server as root and does the follows. First, as root, create the user for hosting git. Then, as the git user, clone the gitolite from github, install it to ~/bin/ and set up the gitolite. And the gitolite git server is set up successfully.

How do you turn off the protection on that branch?

Deleting a branch protection rule

On your GitHub Enterprise Server instance, navigate to the main page of the repository.
Under your repository name, click Settings.
In the left menu, click Branches.
To the right of the branch protection rule you want to delete, click Delete.

How do I set permissions on a branch?

Adding branch permissions

Go to a repository in a project.
Choose Settings > Branch permissions.
Click Add permission.
In the Branches field, select either Branch name, Branch pattern, or Branching model.
Select the type of actions you want to prevent.
Optional: Add exemptions for any of the selected restrictions.

How do I check my branches?

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To see local branches, run this command: git branch.
To see remote branches, run this command: git branch -r.
To see all local and remote branches, run this command: git branch -a.

Why is it a bad practice to work directly on the master branch?

Working directly in master means that if you create bugs you have no other option for “going back” than to reverse/delete/reset commits, which is not a clean way of working and can cause you to lose the parts of the new code that were OK.

How do I clone Gitolite?

Run git clone git@server:gitolite-admin . Obtain pubkeys from each user; email, USB, DHL, pigeon post, owl mail, any method you like. Rename each received file to the name of the user, add a “. pub” at the end, copy it into keydir/ in the gitolite-admin repo you cloned.

How do I check Gitolite version?

If you installed gitolite via package manager, look up the version in the list of packages. I.e. on debian-based systems via dpkg -l | grep gitolite .

What is Gitweb?

Gitweb provides a web interface to Git repositories. Its features include: Viewing multiple Git repositories with common root. Browsing every revision of the repository. Viewing the contents of files in the repository at any revision.

How do I turn off push to master on GitHub?

To find it go to Settings > Branches > Branch Protection Rules and click ‘Add Rule’. Then, enter the name of the branch you want to protect and click the checkbox to require pull request reviews before merging. By default, this only stops people who are not moderators.