15 Jul 2011

Install Git on both Server and Client machines.

if you’re on a Debian-based distribution like Ubuntu, try apt-get to install Git:

apt-get install git-core

Preferred way of doing GIT on server:

In order to initially set up any Git server, you have to export an existing repository into a new bare repository — a repository that doesn’t contain a working directory.

This is generally straightforward to do. In order to clone your repository to create a new bare repository, you run the clone command with the –bare option. By convention, bare repository directories end in .git, like so:

git clone --bare my_project.git

output:

Initialized empty Git repository in /var/www/my_project.git/
warning: this creates an empty git repository.

On Client machine

Step 1 on client machine clone the remote repository using,

git clone [email protected]:/var/www/my_app.git

output: Initialized empty Git repository in /var/www/my_app/.git/ warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.

Step 2 create a Readme file inside the my_app folder and add it to the stage and commit it,

git add Readme

git status

git commit -m "Initial commit adding readme file"

Step 3 check the remote repository information using

git remote -v

output: origin [email protected]:/var/www/my_app.git (fetch) origin [email protected]:/var/www/my_app.git (push)

Step 4 check your branches in local repository

git branch

output:

• master

Step 5 lets create a new branch that reflect new pre in the project.

git checkout -b develop master

output: Switched to a new branch ‘develop’

Step 6 again, check your branches in local repository

git branch

output:

• develop master

Step 7 lets switch to master branch

git checkout master

output: Switched to branch ‘master’

Step 8 adding remote path to git

git remote add origin ssh://[email protected]/var/www/my_app.git

Step 9 pushing local master pre to remote repository

git push origin master

Step 9 same way push the develop pre to remote repository

git push origin develop

Step 10 to fetch the latest pre from the remote repository

git fetch origin < branch name > 

Git Tips: To remove a file(s) from Git

git rm --cached < file path > 

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