Chapter 11. Git Administration
The previous chapter, Customizing and Extending Git, explained among others how to use Git hooks for automation moved earlier in the chapter. The client-side hooks were described in detail, while the server-side hooks were only sketched. Here, in this chapter, we will present the server-side hooks comprehensively, and mention the client-side hooks' usage as helpers.
The earlier chapters helped master your work with Git as a developer, as a person collaborating with others, and as a maintainer. When the book was talking about setting up repositories and branch structure, it was from the point of view of a Git user.
This chapter is intended to help readers who are in a situation of having to take up the administrative side of Git. This includes setting up remote Git repositories and configuring their access. It covers the work required to make Git go smoothly (that is, Git maintenance), and finding and recovering from the repository errors. This chapter will also...
