On Feb 12, 6:40 am, Daniel Trezub <daniel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been working with git in my local repo for some months already (i.e. > there is already a bunch of commits and some branches), and I'd like to use > git to integrate with my online server (use git pull, push, clone, fetch, > etc). > > How should I start? Is there a way to do this without messing with my local > history and without the risk to kill my live site? > > I've tried setting a remote repo (git add origin ssh:user@server) and doing > a 'git pull' while on the branch i'd like to sync with the online server, > but it created another branch. Is it ok? Or should I use git fetch? > > After that, what should I do to upload my changes without risking to kill my > live site? I have a branch named 'master' that is supposed to be my release > branch. > > I think I am doing ok with my local repo and git, but the remote part is > still a mystery to me. > > Thanks for your help, pals!
The first step is to take backup of your local repo. It's always good to have your release/master branch to have a linear history. If not already, you could make it so by cherry-pick/rebase Git commands. Having done that, you could add the server to which you want to push to, as a remote branch, using Git remote command: git remote add origin <remote_server> Here you're calling the remote server as origin by convention, but you can put anything sensible there. <remote_server> can take various forms, depending on your access method. For example, it could be g...@server.com:username/repo.git ssh://usern...@server.com/path/to/repo.git git://server.com/path/to/repo.git http://server.com/path/to/repo.git For first method, you would most likely have a ssh public key which you should add to the SSH agent; for ssh methods, you'd be prompted for a password. If everything went fine, you should do git push origin master (which tells Git to push local master branch to the remote named origin) and you're done. You could launch gitk to see that your branches master and origin/master are at the same commit. HTH -- Jeenu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
