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@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ # scorsh -Signed-Commit Remote Shell +**Signed-Commit Remote Shell** -**scorsh** lets you trigger commands on a remote git server through -signed git commits. +**scorsh** lets you trigger commands on a remote **git** server through commits, optionally signed with **gnupg**. **scorsh** is written in Go. -## WTF +## Why scorsh ...if you have ever felt that git hooks fall too short to your standards... @@ -22,8 +21,8 @@ _something_... ...then **scorsh** might be what you have been looking for. **scorsh** is a simple system to execute commands on a remote host by -using GPG-signed commits containing customisable commands -(scorsh-tags). **scorsh** consists of three components: +using git commits containing customisable commands +(scorsh-tags) that can be authenticated using a gnupg signature . **scorsh** consists of three components: * the `scorsh-commit` executable (client-side) @@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ possible types: ## Build notes **scorsh** depends on the availability of a native build of `libgit2` -version `0.25` or greater on the native system where ***scorsh** is +version `0.26` or greater on the native system where ***scorsh** is built. This dependencies is easily satisfied on various operating systems by using their respective package manager. For instance in Devuan ASCII one can simply do: @@ -71,20 +70,11 @@ Devuan ASCII one can simply do: sudo apt install libgit2-dev ``` -In Devuan Jessie unfortunately `libgit2` is older than `0.25` so one -should first build `git2go` from its repository, in which `libgit2` is a -submodule to be built from scratch. - -``` -git clone https://github.com/libgit2/git2go -cd git2go -git submodule init -git submodule update -cd libgit2 -cmake . -make -sudo make install -``` +In most distributions unfortunately `libgit2` is older than `0.26` so +one should first build this exact release version from source, +available +here: +[https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.26.0](libgit2 release 0.26) Then proceed installing dependencies for **scorsh**: ``` |