globalist: Improve README intro, document default ControlPort
This commit is contained in:
parent
c08c7488e0
commit
e688b0dca0
|
@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
|
||||||
# Globalist
|
# Globalist
|
||||||
Idea: distributed githubless repository sharing. Yes, this is the official home ;-)
|
Globalist provides distributed sharing of repositories without the need of central instances (like GitHub).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Globalist is an attempt to ease the distribution of git repos, away from central points of failure.
|
This is an attempt to ease the distribution of git repos, to overcome the risk of a central points of failure.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Globalist stands for "Global List" and aims at replacing any EtherPads of more than transient value.
|
Globalist stands for "Global List" and aims at replacing any EtherPads of more than transient value.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Globalist is also meant to evolve into an experimental distributed asynchronous wiki facility.
|
It is also meant to evolve into an experimental distributed asynchronous wiki facility.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Nodes can come and go, and network topology only depends on the peers entries in the nodes' config files. Changes that are merged by one's peers propagate by diffusion.
|
Nodes can come and go, and network topology only depends on the peers entries in the nodes' config files. Changes that are merged by one's peers propagate by diffusion.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The official repository can be found at https://notabug.org/themusicgod1/cloudflare-tor
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Usage
|
## Usage
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
To use Globalist.py python3 is needed. Either run with `python3 Globalist.py` or install it as described below.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Per default an open tor ControlPort at 9151 without authentication is expected. You can choose another port with `-C`. For a list of option see `--help`.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### Create repository
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Make a new directory and put this in the file ./repo.cfg (when creating a new repository instead of cloning from a peer, the list or indeed the repo.cfg file can remain empty)
|
Make a new directory and put this in the file ./repo.cfg (when creating a new repository instead of cloning from a peer, the list or indeed the repo.cfg file can remain empty)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
```
|
```
|
||||||
|
@ -22,6 +30,8 @@ For a public repository, no authentication is needed (option -X). In case authen
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
For each shared repo, Globalist will create one .onion service. Note that it is possible to use either bare repos or not-bare repos.
|
For each shared repo, Globalist will create one .onion service. Note that it is possible to use either bare repos or not-bare repos.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### Clone a repository
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
To clone a bare repo:
|
To clone a bare repo:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
```
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
Loading…
Reference in New Issue