@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@

 An [Ansible][] [role][] for deploying [gitolite][] on [Debian][] >=9.

-Installs [gitolite][].

+Installs [gitolite][] and creates a [dedicated user][] to run it (defaults to

+`git`).

 [`ansible-role-gitolite`]: https://git.rcrnstn.net/rcrnstn/ansible-role-gitolite

 [Ansible]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible

 [role]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_reuse_roles.html

 [gitolite]: https://gitolite.com

 [Debian]: https://www.debian.org

+[dedicated user]: https://gitolite.com/gitolite/concepts#the-hosting-user

 ## Try out

new file mode 100644

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@

+---

+

+gitolite_user_name: "git"

+gitolite_user_home: "/home/{{ gitolite_user_name }}"

@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@

       apt:

         name: 'gitolite3'

         state: 'present'

+

+    - name: "Create gitolite user '{{ gitolite_user_name }}'"

+      user:

+        name: "{{ gitolite_user_name }}"

+        home: "{{ gitolite_user_home }}"

+        shell: "/bin/bash"