Setting-up local git repository

git ssh git-clone git-remote
David B picture David B · Nov 7, 2013 · Viewed 19.3k times · Source

I am a fan of using GitHub as my project file repository. But it interest me more if I am able to create a repository on this computer on a different directory path. Then clone that create repository on my new working directory.

I was planning to make a GitHub locally. I've been searching about this and many return that I should use gitolite and many more instead. The problem I am using Windows and I want to do all the steps using command line.

What command lines should I enter to create a repository on a different directory other than the working directory and be able to clone that repository to other terminals within the local network.

LINKING TERMINAL to Windows Host

I have created a repository directory pathed to Users\username\GIT\project.git. I am trying to link my terminal using the command line git clone file://{IPv4 server address}/Users/username/GIT/project.git returns 

fatal: '/{IPv4 server address}/Users/username/GIT/project.git' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

How can I resolve this? I my host is running on Windows 7 and my connecting terminal(s) will be using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and MacOS Mavericks.

UPDATE TRACK

  1. Updated my question body. I don't know what steps should I follow.
  2. Inserted LINKING TERMINAL to Windows Host question for repository sharing over local network.

Answer

Fwolf picture Fwolf · Nov 18, 2013

Maybe you're asking simple way to create git repo and local clone ?

  1. Create git repo using git init --bare
  2. Clone from other place using git clone --local /path/your/local/repo/

For local network, windows share or other file share may work.

But, the simple way just work, not best or suitable way. there aren't pull request, issue track, privilege control feature on GitHub. For manage git commit or other complicated work, you need a manage system, such as gitolite, gerrit, some may not work on windows system.

If you only need a free private repo, you an use bitbucket.

Clone from windows share:

git clone file:////{IPv4 server address}/share_name/path_to_your_.git_dir

On host computer, you must share repo dir with a 'share_name', eg: parent dir of repo.git

See:

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