GITEA_HOME=/var/lib/gitea
HOST_GIT_USER=git # this will be the user in the ssh git urls, e.g. git@blacka.com/org/repo.git
+HOST_GIT_GROUP=gitea
HOST_GIT_UID=895
-# create the 'gitea' user to run and own this thing
+# create the 'git:gitea' user to run and own this thing
+# Note we want 'git' as the user, since every other git hosting system uses that
if ! id -u "$HOST_GIT_UID" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
- groupadd -g "$HOST_GIT_UID" "$HOST_GIT_USER"
- useradd -u "$HOST_GIT_UID" -g "$HOST_GIT_USER" -G docker -d "$GITEA_HOME" -m gitea
+ groupadd -g "$HOST_GIT_UID" "$HOST_GIT_GROUP"
+ useradd -u "$HOST_GIT_UID" -g "$HOST_GIT_USER" -G docker -d "$GITEA_HOME" -m "$HOST_GIT_USER"
fi
install -d "$GITEA_HOME/data"