Use the gitolite Alias feature in staging.

roles/distgit/files/RepoAliases.header

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package RepoAliases;
+use Exporter;
+our @ISA= qw( Exporter );
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( repo_aliases );
+sub repo_aliases {
+    return {
+# Content auto-generated by genacls.sh...
+

roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml

@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@
   - config
   - distgit
 
+- name: Copy in RepoAliases.header
+  copy: src=RepoAliases.header dest=/etc/gitolite/RepoAliases.header owner=root group=root mode=0755
+
 - name: Create the update-block-push-origin symlink
   command: ln -s /usr/share/git-core/update-block-push-origin /etc/gitolite/local/VREF/update-block-push-origin
            creates=/etc/gitolite/local/VREF/update-block-push-origin

roles/distgit/templates/genacls.sh

@@ -10,8 +10,24 @@ cd $TEMPDIR
 # Then create the repos and branches on disk (if we need any new ones)
 python /usr/local/bin/pkgdb_sync_git_branches.py
 
+{% if env == 'staging' %}
+# Leverage gitolite's Alias.pm feature to build backwards compat links
+cat /etc/gitolite/RepoAliases.header > RepoAliases.pm
+# Get all repos.  Strip off 'rpms/'.  Convert to perl mapping.  Tack it on.
+grep rpms/ /etc/gitolite/conf/gitolite.conf | \
+        sed 's/repo rpms\///g' | \
+        sed "s/.*/'&' => 'rpms\/&',/g" \
+        >> RepoAliases.pm
+echo "};}1;" >> RepoAliases.pm
+{% endif %}
+
+# With that done, move the files into place and run compile
 mv gitolite.conf /etc/gitolite/conf/
 chown gen-acls:gen-acls -R /etc/gitolite/conf/
+{% if env == 'staging' %}
+mv RepoAliases.pm /etc/gitolite/RepoAliases.pm
+chown gen-acls:gen-acls -R /etc/gitolite/RepoAliases.pm
+{% endif %}
 HOME=/srv/git /usr/bin/gitolite compile
 
 {% if env != 'staging' %}

roles/distgit/templates/gitolite.rc

@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 # "list of non-core programs shipped with gitolite" in the master index) or
 # directly in the corresponding source file.
 
+
+{% if env == 'staging' %}
+# Hack!
+# Pull in our repo aliases generated by genacls.sh
+use lib ('/etc/gitolite/');
+use RepoAliases qw( repo_aliases );
+{% endif %}
+
 %RC = (
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -40,6 +48,10 @@
         WRITERS                     =>  1,
     },
 
+    {% if env == 'staging' %}
+    REPO_ALIASES                => repo_aliases(),
+    {% endif %}
+
     # enable caching (currently only Redis).  PLEASE RTFM BEFORE USING!!!
     # CACHE                         =>  'Redis',
 
@@ -121,8 +133,10 @@
             # no auto-create at all (don't forget to enable the 'create' command!)
             'no-auto-create',
 
+            {% if env == 'staging' %}
             # access a repo by another (possibly legacy) name
-            # 'Alias',
+            'Alias',
+            {% endif %}
 
             # give some users direct shell access.  See documentation in
             # sts.html for details on the following two choices.