How to connect to a remote Git repository?

Question

I am working with a team and we want to use Git (Not with GitHub, we have a private remote machine). We were using SVN until now. We have a remote machine that works like an SVN repository. Now, we want to turn this machine into the Git central repository. By what I have read, what everyone needs to do on their machines, is to install Git and use the following command to add the remote main repository:

git remote add origin <remote_repo_url>

But what is the remote_repo_url? How can I figure it out? Our remote machine has IP's like 189.14.666.666, in the remote machine I've installed Git and created a repository under C:\MY_GIT_REPOSITORY. What should I put in the URL on the local machines?

Answer 1

It's simple and follow the small Steps to proceed:

• Install git on the remote server say some ec2 instance
• Now create a project folder `$mkdir project.git
• $cd project and execute $git init --bare

Let's say this project.git folder is present at your ip with address inside home_folder/workspace/project.git, forex- ec2 - /home/ubuntu/workspace/project.git

Now in your local machine, $cd into the project folder which you want to push to git execute the below commands:

• git init .

• git remote add origin [email protected]:/home/ubuntu/workspace/project.git

• git add .
• git commit -m "Initial commit"

Below is an optional command but found it has been suggested as i was working to setup the same thing

git config --global remote.origin.receivepack "git receive-pack"

• git pull origin master
• git push origin master

This should work fine and will push the local code to the remote git repository.

To check the remote fetch url, cd project_folder/.git and cat config, this will give the remote url being used for pull and push operations.

You can also use an alternative way, after creating the project.git folder on git, clone the project and copy the entire content into that folder. Commit the changes and it should be the same way. While cloning make sure you have access or the key being is the secret key for the remote server being used for deployment.