How to automatically push after committing in git?

git githooks git-push post-commit-hook
ulu picture ulu · Oct 28, 2011 · Viewed 49k times · Source

How do I set git to automatically push to a remote repo (including automatically providing my passphrase) after each commit to the local repo?

Answer

Mark Longair picture Mark Longair · Oct 28, 2011

First, make sure that you can push manually without providing your password. If you are pushing over HTTP or HTTPS, that will be a case of either creating a .netrc file with the login details or adding your username and password into the URL for the remote. If you're using SSH, you can either create a keypair where the private key doesn't have a password, or use ssh-agent to cache your private key.

Then you should create an executable (chmod +x) file in .git/hooks/post-commit that contains the following:

#!/bin/sh
git push origin master

... customizing that line if you want to push to a remote other than origin, or push a branch other than master. Make sure that you make that file executable.

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