Gitolite- the old git repo for gitlab- is a cherished joy around here; we love it, it's both easy to use & has mad useful features. qa* users can commit to qa* branches? Sure, np.

I have a hard time sympathizing with Gitolite being removed for it's complexity. GitLab switching to their own stuff to make their side of the equation easier, to make their software less complex to write and configure, otoh might be a thing. I'd just need nominated yesterday to start trying to install it alongside Gitolite!

I wonder if they made a crack at being able to read and parse gitolite.conf files and use those configs to power gitlab? That would've been a happier path for me personally for smoothing out gitlab configuration hell, more so than writing a new repo server that we're not likely to qualify & then adopt, not when Gitolite is our living beating heart.