I can’t find commands in gitolite to manage repository or project name, so here’s what I got from other sources.

Add or create repository

• Add entry for new project or repository in your gitolite config (conf/gitolite.conf)
• Commit and push your changes. this will create and initialize your new repo.

Rename a repository

• Modify the name of repo in your gitolite config (conf/gitolite.conf)
• Move or rename the actual directory (depending on where you install it, ex: /home/git/repositories) to match your changes in gitolite config.
• Commit and push your changes.

Note: Obviously, this changes the remote url of your repo, so don’t forget to change your git remote url config in your project clones.

Delete a repository:

• Open your gitolite config and remove the project from there. commit and push your changes.
• Then delete its git directory (ex: /home/git/repositories/projectname.git)
• You can also remove users/keys that are no longer used