Git push/clone to new server

Question

I\'m just learning Git and there is something I can\'t work out. After creating and using a git repository locally on my Mac, can I push a copy to another server somewhere e

Answer 1

What you may want to do is first, on your local machine, make a bare clone of the repository

git clone --bare /path/to/repo /path/to/bare/repo.git  # don't forget the .git!

Now, archive up the new repo.git directory using tar/gzip or whatever your favorite archiving tool is and then copy the archive to the server.

Unarchive the repo on your server. You'll then need to set up a remote on your local repository:

git remote add repo-name user@host:/path/to/repo.git #this assumes you're using SSH

You will then be able to push to and pull from the remote repo with:

git push repo-name branch-name
git pull repo-name branch-name