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by moehm 1928 days ago
> A given device can pull branches of certain repos, and make commits to the branches. But a device's user account on the git server doesn't have permission to affect past commits. So, for example, if my dodgy Linux smartphone is compromised...

Yes, Gitolite can do this.

R is read access only

RW is read and write access

RW+ is read, write and the ability to overwrite history (rebasing)