I have set up gitolite on my linux server and added my laptop to the gitolite-admin repository. I was forced to format my laptop (bad hard drive) so I need to figure out a way to regain access to my other repositories gitolite controls. It's worth mentioning, I have root access on my linux server, if that helps. I am not very proficient with SSH/public keys, etc, so if someone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.
If you have version 2.0.3 or later installed, you can use the gl-admin-push command to push from a local clone of the admin repository:
See gl-admin-push: bypassing gitolite for the gitolite-admin repo :
su to your Gitolite usercd /tmp && git clone ~/repositories/gitolite-admin.gitkeydir/ with your new one, then commit~/.gitolite/src/gl-admin-push to push it; this will update the user’s .ssh/authorized_keys to integrate your new keyIf you are using something earlier than 2.0.3, you can use the gl-dont-panic command to replace a key:
su to your Gitolite usercopy your new public key to /tmp/username.pub
username.pub should be the same as a filename that is currently in your keydir/; you can list the contents of the existing keydir/ with
GIT_DIR="$HOME"/repositories/gitolite-admin.git git ls-tree master:keydir
run cd /tmp && ~/.gitolite/src/gl-dont-panic username.pub to install the replacement key