As far as I know there's nothing wrong with access via direct SSH if you have a simple single-user setup and just want to store your repos on a remote host. Ho

As far as I know there's nothing wrong with access via direct SSH if you have a simple single-user setup and just want to store your repos on a remote host. However I once saw a small team try that approach and it caused endless problems related to permissions and ownership of the files on the remote system. Maybe things have improved or with a better setup it would be easier but from my experience 0/10 would not recommend. In that scenario -- where you have a small team and want a remote host for the repos but you don't want all the other baggage -- I've found gitolite to be a good solution. It provides a simple access control layer to handle the multiple git users and basic security requirements while using only a single local user on the server side. Otherwise it stays out of your way and it's mostly just a smart use of git hooks so it's very lightweight.