ssh -p 29418 review.example.com gerrit create-project --name new/project
All Git repositories under gerrit.basePath must be registered in the Gerrit database in order to be accessed through SSH, or through the web interface.
Creating a new repository over SSH is perhaps the easiest way to configure a new project:
ssh -p 29418 review.example.com gerrit create-project --name new/project
See gerrit create-project for more details.
Projects may also be manually registered with the database.
Create a Git repository under gerrit.basePath:
git --git-dir=$base_path/new/project.git init
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Tip
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By tradition the repository directory name should have a .git suffix. |
To also make this repository available over the anonymous git:// protocol, don't forget to create a git-daemon-export-ok file:
touch $base_path/new/project.git/git-daemon-export-ok
One insert is needed to register a project with Gerrit.
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Note
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Note that the .git suffix is not typically included in the project name, as it looks cleaner in the web when not shown. Gerrit automatically assumes that project.git is the Git repository for a project named project. |
INSERT INTO projects
(project_id
,use_contributor_agreements
,submit_type
,name)
VALUES
(nextval('project_id')
,'N'
,'M'
,'new/project');
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Note
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On MySQL use nextval_project_id() to obtain the next value in the sequences. This is contained in the sql/mysql_nextval.sql script, available from java -jar gerrit.war —cat sql/mysql_nextval.sql. |
The method Gerrit uses to submit a change to a project can be modified by any project owner through the project console, Admin > Projects. The following methods are supported:
Fast Forward Only
This method produces a strictly linear history. All merges must be handled on the client, prior to uploading to Gerrit for review.
To submit a change, the change must be a strict superset of the destination branch. That is, the change must already contain the tip of the destination branch at submit time.
Merge If Necessary
This is the default for a new project (and why 'M' is suggested above in the insert statement).
If the change being submitted is a strict superset of the destination branch, then the branch is fast-forwarded to the change. If not, then a merge commit is automatically created. This is identical to the classical git merge behavior, or git merge --ff.
Always Merge
Always produce a merge commit, even if the change is a strict superset of the destination branch. This is identical to the behavior of git merge --no-ff, and may be useful if the project needs to follow submits with git log --first-parent.
Cherry Pick
Always cherry pick the patch set, ignoring the parent lineage and instead creating a brand new commit on top of the current branch head.
When cherry picking a change, Gerrit automatically appends onto the end of the commit message a short summary of the change's approvals, and a URL link back to the change on the web. The committer header is also set to the submitter, while the author header retains the original patch set author.
Branches can be created over the SSH port by any git push client, if the user has been granted the Push Branch > Create Branch (or higher) access right.
Additional branches can also be created through the web UI, assuming at least one commit already exists in the project repository. A project owner can create additional branches under Admin > Projects > Branches. Enter the new branch name, and the starting Git revision. Branch names that don't start with refs/ will automatically have refs/heads/ prefixed to ensure they are a standard Git branch name. Almost any valid SHA-1 expression can be used to specify the starting revision, so long as it resolves to a commit object. Abbreviated SHA-1s are not supported.
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