Monthly Archives: February 2011

GitHub Setup on Webfaction : How To ?

Git is a very popular distributed revision control system with an emphasis on speed. Recently for my projects I need to setup up a private Git Setup on Webfaction Server. So here is the way to Install and start using Git on Webfaction.

How to Install Git on Webfaction

  1. Log into your Webfaction Control Panel
  2. Navigate to Domains/Websites » Applications
  3. Click Add New
  4. Enter git as the application name in the Name field
  5. Select git from the App category menu
  6. Enter a password for the default user in the Extra Info field
  7. Click the Create button

The Git application provides a subdirectory, bin, which contains the Git executables.

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