Git – setting up a remote repository and doing an initial “push”
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]/'
}
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