How to install GIT Server on Windows

As you know, GIT is one of source code management system. And it's ability includes a distributed revision control.
If you don't need any central integrated server, use only msysgit.
If you want to control GIT by GUI, use msysgit and TortoiseGIT that is front-end for msysgit.

The following instruction is how to install GIT repository server on Windows.

• Summary
• Setup
• Install Cygwin
• Setup SSH daemon
• Add user for GIT service
• (optional) Install Gitolite for managing accounts
• Use GIT
• Create Repository
• Push project on developer's system
• Download and install TortoiseGIT and MsysGit
  

1. Install Cygwin
• Download Cygwin installer on cygwin.com
• Run setup.exe
• Add [git] in [Devel] and [openssh] in [Net] and [python] in [Python]
2. Setup SSH
• Add Environment Variable
• Select [Properties] on [Computer]
• Click [Advanced system settings] on Control Panel > System and Security > System]
• Click [Environment Variables...]
• Click [New...] on System variables pannel
• Type [CYGWIN] for [Variable name] and [ntsec] for [Variable value]
• Click [OK]
• Run [Cygwin Bash Shell] as Administrator
• $ ssh-host-config  <= setup sshd
• Answer [yes] for most questions
• Answer [no] for question about using a different username for running the service
• $ cygrunsrv -S sshd  <= run sshd
3. Add user
   * There are no users in Cygwin that do not exist in Windows first. Create the Windows user first then use mkpasswd to add that user to /etc/passwd.
• On Control panel
• Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > Add or remove user accounts
• Create a new account
• On command prompt
• $ net user git password /add /yes
• $ net localgroup <an_local_group> git /add
• $ mkpassd -l -u git >> /etc/passwd  <= on Cygwin shell
• Update git's home directory to /cygdrive/d/git-repository in the file /etc/passwd <= d is hard disk drive
4. Add public key
• $ ssh-keygen
• $ cd .ssh
• $ cp id_rsa.pub /tmp
• runas /user:git c:/cygwin/cygwin.bat <= on windows command prompt
• $ cp /tmp/id_rsa.pub ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
5. Use Git
• Create repository
• login as git
• $ mkdir PROJECT.git
• $ cd PROJECT.git
• $ git --bare init
• Push project
  * in the project folder
• git init
• git add .
• git commit -m 'initial commit'
• git remote add origin git@[SERVER_NAME or IP]:PROJECT.git
• git push origin master
• Pull project
• git clone git@[SERVER]:PROJECT.git