--- .gitolite.rc.default
+++ .gitolite.rc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@

     # default umask gives you perms of '0700'; see the rc file docs for
     # how/why you might change this
-    UMASK                           =>  0077,
+    UMASK                           =>  0027,

     # look for "git-config" in the documentation
     GIT_CONFIG_KEYS => "gitolite\.mirror\..*",