gitviahttp

Git HTTP backend in Go. Available in both CLI and library flavors.

Installation & Usage

Example folder structure for the below installation

gitviahttp
|
-- repositories
   |
   -- mysticmode
      |
      -- oh-lovely.git

CLI mode

On Linux

go get github.com/mysticmode/gitviahttp
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/mysticmode/gitviahttp/
go build ./cmd/gitviahttp
./gitviahttp -port=1937 -directory=.

On Windows

go get github.com/mysticmode/gitviahttp
cd $Env:GOPATH\src\github.com\mysticmode\gitviahttp
go build .\cmd\gitviahttp
.\gitviahttp.exe -port=1937 -directory=.

Now clone the repository

git clone http://localhost:1937/mysticmode/oh-lovely.git
Cloning into 'oh-lovely'...
warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.

If you have repositories directory somewhere else, specify the absolute path of that directory as shown below

For example on Linux, you have the repository at /home/git/repositories

./gitviahttp -port=1937 -directory=/home/git/repositories

For example on Windows, you have the repository at D:\Git\repositories

.\gitviahttp.exe -port=1937 -directory=D:\Git\repositories

And then clone the repository.

Library mode

I'm using Gorilla Mux router below to show an example of how gitviahttp will work as a library.

package main

import (
    "github.com/gorilla/mux"
    "gopkg.in/mysticmode/gitviahttp.v1"
)

func main() {
    m := mux.NewRouter()
   
    repoDir := "/home/git/repositories"
   
    m.PathPrefix("/+{username}/{reponame[\\d\\w-_\\.]+\\.git$}").HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
       // Do your authentication here if you want
       // and then call gitviahttp.Context()
       gitviahttp.Context(w, r, repoDir)
    }).Methods("GET", "POST")
}