gitchain

README

Gitchain (revival-attempt)

Decentralized P2P Git Network using a private blockchain.

To quote from git's own description:

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Gitchain is an application of ideas behind Bitcoin, Namecoin and DHT applied to Git hosting. Once you install it, it acts as a local proxy to the entire Gitchain P2P network.

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Build

Make sure you have atleast go1.6.3 installed

$ make prepare # (only first time or whenever Godeps file is updated)
$ make

Run

Start the server using the provided test config:

$ gitchain --config testdata/1.conf server

Usage

1. Create keypair

   gitchain keypair-generate testkey

2. Create repository

   • Create name reservation

     gitchain name-reservation testkey test-repo

   • Create name allocation

     gitchain name-allocation testkey test-repo <random_number_from_above_cmd>