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-#+TITLE: Shackle Shell
-#+AUTHOR: Justin Wernick
-
-[[https://img.shields.io/crates/v/shackle-shell]]
-
-A shell for restricting access on a version control server.
-
-This is intended as a replacement for [[https://git-scm.com/docs/git-shell][Git Shell]], but with a few opinionated
-differences:
-
-- Additional commands, like creating new repos, are built in. No extension with
- shell scripts.
-- Strict enforcement of a specified directory structure. Git push / pull
- commands only work for these paths. New repos are created in these paths.
- - Private git repos are created in =~/git/<username>/<reponame>.git=
- - Shared git repos are created in =~/git/<groupname>/<reponame>.git=
-- Better interactive UX than Git Shell, including:
- - Command history (limited to the current session).
- - Emacs-style shortcuts (eg =Ctrl+a= to move cursor to the beginning of line).
- - Docs available for all commands, available in the shell itself.
-- (coming soon!) Support for other other version control systems.
-
-* Getting Started
-
-** Usage
-
-Shackle Shell is intended to be set as the default shell for a user on a git
-server, where the user connects over SSH (see the Installation section below).
-
-When you log in over SSH, you'll see a prompt, ready for you to type commands.
-
-#+begin_src fundamental
- >
-#+end_src
-
-You can see the built in help by running the =help= command.
-
-#+begin_src fundamental
- > help
- Usage: <COMMAND>
-
- Commands:
- init Create a new repository
- list List all repositories available
- set-description Sets the description of a repository, as shown in the CLI listing and web interfaces
- set-branch Sets the main branch of the repository
- exit Quit the shell
- git-upload-pack Server side command required to git fetch from the server
- git-receive-pack Server side command required by git push to the server
- help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
-
- Options:
- -h, --help Print help
-#+end_src
-
-The =init= command is used to create a new repo. In its simplest form, you just
-provide it with the name of your new repo. This will create a git repo with
-individual ownership.
-
-#+begin_src fundamental
- > init awesome-project-idea
- Successfully created "git/shukkie/awesome-project-idea.git"
-#+end_src
-
-The path given here is relative to your home directory. So the full URL to clone
-this repo is =<username>@<server domain>:<git path>=
-
-#+begin_src fundamental
- $ git clone shukkie@example.com:git/shukkie/awesome-project-idea.git
-#+end_src
-
-You can learn its advanced options by using the =--help= flag. This works for
-all of the options, and is a great way to learn what all the commands do.
-
-#+begin_src fundamental
- > init --help
- Create a new repository
-
- Usage: init [OPTIONS] <REPO_NAME>
-
- Arguments:
- <REPO_NAME> Name of the new repository
-
- Options:
- --group <GROUP> Share repository ownership with the specified group (user must be a member of the group)
- --description <DESCRIPTION> Sets the description of the repository, as shown in the CLI listing and web interfaces
- --branch <BRANCH> Sets the main branch of the repository [default: main]
- -h, --help Print help
-#+end_src
-
-** Installation
-
-*** Background
-
-Shackle is designed to run on a Git server. The process of setting up your own
-Git server, which is set up as described in the following two articles:
-
-- [[https://www.worthe-it.co.za/blog/2022-06-10-how-to-train-your-git-server.html][initial server setup]]
-- [[https://www.worthe-it.co.za/blog/2023-06-02-leveling-up-your-git-server-sharing-repos.html][sharing repos]].
-
-*** Prerequisites
-
-The following programs much be installed:
-
-- Git
- - This is used for git operations which are passed through for the operation
- of =git push= and =git fetch=.
- - Git must be installed, with the =git-upload-pack= and =git-receive-pack=
- executables on the path.
-- SSH
- - I assume users will be connecting over SSH. This is not enforced by the
- shell, but is the primary use case I have in mind. I have tested this using
- the OpenSSH daemon.
-
-*** Building Shackle
-
-Binary releases of Shackle can be downloaded from [[https://codeberg.org/worthe-it/shackle-shell/releases/][Codeberg]].
-
-You can also build it yourself from source. The easiest way to do this is using
-=cargo install=.
-
-This requires a the Rust toolchain and a C compiler. See the Development
-Environment Setup section below for more information on environment setup to
-build from source.
-
-#+begin_src sh
- # This installs to Cargo's default, which is ~/.cargo/bin. Consider using the
- # --root option to install it somewhere that makes more sense for your server.
- cargo install shackle-shell
-#+end_src
-
-*** Creating the required directory structure
-
-Next, Shackle expects a specific directory structure. Specifically, personal git
-repos will live in =~/git/your-username= and shared repos will live in
-=~/git/your-group=.
-
-If you have many users on your server, then consider making =~/git= a symlink to
-the actual shared location for your git repos. For example, on my repo, all git
-users have a =~/git= symlink in their home directory which actually points at
-=/srv/git=.
-
-#+begin_src sh
- mkdir -p ~/git/$USER
- chmod --recursive u=rwX,g=,o= ~/git/$USER
-
- # Note that this should be a group you're actually a member of!
- GROUP=my-group
- mkdir -p ~/git/$GROUP
- chown --recursive $USER:$GROUP ~/git/$GROUP
- chmod --recursive u=rwX,g=rwXs,o= ~/git/$GROUP
-#+end_src
-
-*** Set Shackle as your default shell
-
-The next step is to set the default shell of your user to Shackle. This will
-mean that if you login as the user, for example over ssh, then the default shell
-will be Shackle.
-
-#+begin_src sh
- sudo usermod --shell $HOME/.cargo/bin/shackle-shell $USER
-#+end_src
-
-* Operating System Support
-
-Currently, Shackle Shell only supports running on Linux.
-
-It will likely work on other Unix-like platforms, such as MacOS, but this is not
-currently tested, and there are currently no plans to do so. I would not expect
-it to work on Windows.
-
-* Development Guide
-
-** Development Environment Setup
-
-- Rust
- - This project is built using the Rust programming language, and its build
- tool Cargo. Information on how to install these tools is available on [[https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started][the
- Rust website]].
-- C Compiler
- - This is used to built one of the dependencies, libgit2. This can be
- obtained from your operating system's package manager.
-- Docker
- - Some of the tests use Docker to create a simulated environment. This can be
- obtained from your operating system's package manager, or the [[https://www.docker.com/][Docker
- website]].
- - Docker must be installed, with the =docker= executable on the path.
- - Your user must have permission to use docker, including building and running
- Docker containers.
-- Git
- - Some of the tests use Git to test the end to end functionality of the
- shell. This can be obtained from your operating system's package manager, or
- the [[https://git-scm.com/][Git website]].
- - Git must be installed, with the =git= executable on the path.
-- SSH
- - Some of the tests use an SSH client to test the end to end functionality of
- the shell. I have tested this with OpenSSH, which can be obtained from your
- operating system's package manager, or the [[https://git-scm.com/][Git website]].
- - with the =ssh= executable on the path.
-
-If you're running Arch Linux, these are the steps you'll need to get your
-environment ready.
-
-#+begin_src sh
- sudo pacman -S rustup docker git openssh gcc
-
- # Rust
- rustup default stable
-
- # Docker
- sudo usermod -a -G docker $USER
- sudo systemctl start docker.service
-
- # Note: you need to log out and in again for the new group to take effect
-#+end_src
-
-** Running Tests
-
-All unit tests are run with Cargo.
-
-#+begin_src sh
- cargo test
-#+end_src
-
-** Linting
-
-Clippy should be used for linting. This can be installed using Rustup.
-
-#+begin_src sh
- rustup component add clippy
-#+end_src
-
-And it can be run via Cargo.
-
-#+begin_src sh
- cargo clippy
-#+end_src
-
-** Building a Release Binary
-
-Release binaries should be built in release mode.
-
-#+begin_src sh
- cargo build --release
-#+end_src
-
-After running this, the binary is available in =./target/release/shackle-shell=
-
-* Roadmap / Issue Tracker TODO list
-
-** MVP
-
-- [X] interactive command prompt
-- [X] non-interactive commands can be run with -c
-- [X] exit command
-- [X] git init of private repo
-- [X] responds to unknown commands
-- [X] Isolation of workdir between tests
-- [X] git fetch with git upload-pack
-- [X] git push with git receive-pack
-- [X] proper shell argument lexing, with quote stuff
-- [X] history (only within same session)
-- [X] don't quit interactive shell sessions if there's an error
-- [X] help command
-- [X] restrict repos to only acceptable paths
- - [X] clone / pull
- - [X] push
-- [X] git init of shared repos
- - [X] create the shared repo in the right place
- - [X] use the right file permissions and config
- - [X] don't allow this to be a group the user isn't in
- - [X] allow pull and push from shared repos
-- [X] listing of repos
-- [X] set repo descriptions
- - [X] init new repo
- - [X] change an existing repo
-- [X] Change ~git-init~ name to just be ~init~. Later, the ~git~ part will be an
- option which defaults to git.
-- [X] set the main branch of a repo
-- [X] help docs on all the commands
-
-** Post-MVP
-
-- [X] proper licensing
-- [X] all the getting started stuff in the readme
-- [X] clean up crates.io metadata
- - [X] crates.io friendly readme: needs to be markdown
- - [X] rename to something that isn't taken on crates.io (shackle-shell)
-- [X] publish to crates.io
-- [ ] project website
-- [ ] functions correctly when the git path isn't created with correct
- permissions yet
-- [ ] git archive with git upload-archive
-- [ ] git config management around protected branches
-- [ ] move a repo to a different group
-- [ ] housekeeping git tasks (git fsck, git gc)
-- [ ] pijul fetch and pijul push
-- [ ] pijul support on other commands
-
-* Support
-
-If you get value from this project, consider supporting me on [[https://www.patreon.com/worthe_it][Patreon]]. Support
-via Patreon helps to cover hosting, buying computer stuff, and will allow me to
-spend more time writing articles and open source software.
-
-* License
-
-Licensed under [[./LICENSE][MIT License]].