There is a great deal of documentation and many posts on Git out there, so this is more of a note to self as I keep forgetting the steps needed to set up a remote repository and doing an initial “push”.
So, firstly setup the remote repository:
ssh git@example.com mkdir my_project.git cd my_project.git git init --bare git-update-server-info # If planning to serve via HTTP exit
On local machine:
cd my_project git init git add * git commit -m "My initial commit message" git remote add origin git@example.com:my_project.git git push -u origin master
Done!
Team members can now clone and track the remote repository using the following:
git clone git@example.com:my_project.git cd my_project
Bonus
To have your terminal prompt display what branch you are currently on in green, add the following to your ~/.bash_profile:
function parse_git_branch_and_add_brackets { git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/\ \[\1\]/' } PS1="\h:\W \u\[\033[0;32m\]\$(parse_git_branch_and_add_brackets) \[\033[0m\]\$ "
That is a great bonus tip! That little ~3 liner will save me countless (50, 60, who knows?!) gba (git branch all) calls in a day. I’ve actually trained myself that to ‘gba’ whenever I enter into a git directory to know which of the several branches I left myself in.
I think you just made my evening…. and probably even my week. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I liked your tips on how to have your terminal prompt display any Git branch name. Added it to my bashrc.
Nice tip.. I am new bee.. and couldn’t understand the so many commands.
Thanks for nice post . keep posting
Thanks! I’ve added the bit about how to create the empty remote repository, to the erratum for the relevant section of the book “Pragmatic Version Control Using Git” (http://pragprog.com/titles/tsgit/errata)
Your info was exactly what I was looking for. Cheers!
Thanks so much for this. Been looking around for how to setup a bare repo and do that initial push.
thx! Great tip!
Thanks for the good tip! I’ve been a Subversion guy for a long time and decided to give git a try for my latest project. I’m still not completely sold, but the info you’ve given has made the initial setup a bit easier.
@Jonathan No problem at all, glad it helped. I struggled with this basic stuff when I switched to Git too, it’s a whole other mindset to Subversion.
I beg your parden but can you clarify whether I need to create a user account “git” and makdir my_project.git in its home directory?
(I presume that you mean that but it helps to state it.)
YES! Finally it works! Thank you for the great tipps! I love the colored branch name in my command line!
Instead of requiring the git-track function that you have created, you can just do this instead:
git push -u origin master
The remote branch is then automatically tracked. Thanks for the help creating my remote repo though
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Thanks @frak
@Yoichi Yes that is correct, sorry I should have been more explicit.
Some good ideas. I’m looking forward to adding them to my GIT toolkit.
This works fine with bitbucket.org
Thanks
In
ssh git@example.com
mkdir my_project.git
cd my_project.git
git init –bare
git-update-server-info # If planning to serve via HTTP
exit
The server does not recognize “git-update-server-info” but does appear to accept “git update-server-info”
When I try the second paragraph,
“git push origin master”
I get:
! [remote rejected] master -> master (branch is currently checked out)
Any ideas? Why is it trying to push “master” when I’m telling it “origin”?
I even logged back into my server and try to create a branch called “origin”, it returns
$git branch origin
fatal: Not a valid object name: ‘master’.
Also tried to commit (since it said “branch is currently checked out”) and I got this
$git commit -a
fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree
Thanks
One Word…Godsend! Thank you!
Fantastic!! thank you, it’s been so hard to find a writeup this concise… all i needed were these steps!
No problem, glad you found it useful.
The only problem is after the “Done!” part
Where are my files on the remote machine???
I google this page every single time I set up a new repository. Thank you!
Thanks for the “push -u” pointer @frak! I had figured out how to do:
“git push –all origin” and then
“git branch –set-upstream master origin/master”
– I didn’t realize you could combine the two as
“git push -u –all origin”
@Jason Your content will be in the master branch on the remote machine.
@frak I have updated the article with your “git push -u” suggestion, many thanks.
Wonderful article on github. really useful. Thanks for sharing it
Thanks for the tips
My situation: local branch in my laptop, cloned from origin git repo. On same git repo cloned on an other host. I want to see the git log on this host from my latopop:
> git remote add myTag ssh://user@host:/path/to/git/repo
> # Log of origin ok
> git log -n 5 origin
> But not on remote host
> git log -n 5 myTag
> fatal: ambiguous argument ‘myTag’: unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
> Use ‘–’ to separate paths from revisions