How to setup Git on local network?

Piyush picture Piyush · Mar 3, 2015 · Viewed 34.1k times · Source

I downloaded Git setup and trying to setup for computers in my network. I searched for the process but I found it for to host code on line on github.com. I found a few links but there is not the whole process.

I am aware for how to push and pull.

Answer

JoyTree picture JoyTree · Mar 3, 2015

To create a new repository

  1. Create directory using git bash or create manually
  2. User following commands to create repository

    cd /repo/path/projectname.git
    git init --bare
    
  3. After initialize directory share the directory and grant all permission to local group

To create a local workspace

  1. Create another local repository for local user or other computer use following commands in same order

    cd ~/workspace/local/path
    
    git init
    
    git clone user@gitserver:/path/to/your/folder
    
    git add origin repo/path 
    
    git add .
    
    git status
    
    git commit