This command returns one of three results. An empty return string means no
access, an "r" means read-only, and "rw" means read-write access.
+= Allow other users to create repositories
+
+With the following configuration, other users could be configured to run the
+`gitcreate` command using sudo.
+
+First, run `visudo` as root to edit the `/etc/sudoers` file. These entries
+should appear before less specific rules. The Runas_Alias REPOUSER should be
+set to the value of the `owner` variable defined in `/etc/repo_shell.conf`.
+
+ # Allow select users to run gitcreate
+ User_Alias REPOCREATORS = user1, user2, user3
+ Runas_Alias REPOUSER = repo
+ REPOCREATORS ALL = (REPOUSER) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/gitcreate
+
+Now any users listed in the User_Alias REPOCREATORS can run the gitcreate
+command. The command would be invoked as follows:
+
+ ssh <repohost>
+ sudo -u repo gitcreate path/to/newrepo.git
+
+Note that as of right now, repo_shell cannot be used to run this command in a
+single ssh invocation, such as:
+
+ ssh <repohost> sudo gitcreate path/to/newrepo.git
+
+This is because repo_shell does not implement a full tty needed by sudo if it
+must ask the user for a password to authenticate the action.
+
= References and links
repo_shell owes great thanks to work shared by two other projects: