Setting a password for Git cloning?

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I want to put a password to my repository so that the password is asked, when cloning from my repository.

Paul Beckingham · Accepted Answer · 2009-02-16T05:05:49.790

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To restrict access to repository cloning, you need to use the ssh://... protocol, and provide ssh access to only those users you want to have access.

What you probably should do is look up the various "git workflow" questions and answers - they describe the means by which various team members pull/push from/to each other. There are many ways to do this.

edited Feb 16 '09 at 05:05

answered Feb 16 '09 at 03:24

Paul Beckingham

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How can I provide ssh access to those users which I want to have access? – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Feb 16 '09 at 03:52
You create an account for them on the machine that hosts the repo, so they can clone by running something like: git clone user@machine:/path/to/repo.git – Paul Beckingham Feb 16 '09 at 05:02

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 16 '09 at 03:08

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I recomend gitosis to manage private repositories.

Here you have a nice Tutorial

answered Feb 16 '09 at 03:08

Luis Melgratti

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