The middle ground you describe is what I'm trying to do with Ayllu. w.r.t. Gitolite currently Ayllu requires SSH access and I'm planning to write a shim that wo

The middle ground you describe is what I'm trying to do with Ayllu. w.r.t. Gitolite currently Ayllu requires SSH access and I'm planning to write a shim that works the same way. Sorry about the documentation, unfortunately I haven't had the time to write some yet but it's on my list.