Getting started: Git backend
This guide walks through a local first run of Everlock's Git backend: - start Everlock with the SSH frontend and the Git backend - create a user — the bootstrap admin — through the admin SSH console -
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Pull requests
Everlock has a built-in pull request system. It is designed around a single principle: a pull request is a ref, not a database record. When you open a pull request, the server creates a Git ref: refs/
Git backend
Everlock includes a built-in Git service for repositories, site content, and other versioned data. It speaks the normal Git smart protocol over SSH, so you clone, fetch, and push with standard Git cli
Git access control and grants
Everlock uses a path-based grant system to control who can read from and push to repositories. Every access decision — clone, push, admin action — is checked against a table of grants attached to user
Managing Git repositories
This page covers creating repositories, understanding the naming rules, cloning and pushing over SSH, and the distinction between standalone repositories and the site stores that back Markdown sites.
Versioned storage
Versioned storage is Everlock's internal persistence primitive. Every backend that needs to store state — site content, user records, mail, system configuration — uses it. It is a key-value store wher
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