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Git

• Linux distributed version controll.
• Notes on using and setting up on Ubuntu.

• Links https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/git.html

How to setup GIT private server

1. Log into server, create git account, set it to use git-shell (no login), add .ssh/authorized keys for access with no password.

2. Create repo with $ git init --bare repository

1. On client edit

• --bare can't be used
• Setup .ssh/config, see example if using port, and can even use specific port.

  • Host githost
    HostName git.host.de
    Port 4019
    User git

1. On client pc clone with $ git clone githost:repository

2. #(edit some files

3. git commit -a # Commit all changes to the local version of the repository

4. git push origin master # Push changes to the server's version of the repository

Nice Git prompt in Linux bash

• https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt

Git submodule

• Home dir add code as seperate submodule git

  1. on server # sudo -u git git init --bare NewRepo

  2. on pc code$ git submodule add git@git.server:NewRepo

Cleanup local branches already merged into Master

1. Check what has not been merged with  git branch --no-merged 

2. Delete branch  git branch -d  xxx 

3. . All in one  git branch --merged master | grep -v "\* master" | xargs -n 1 git branch -d 

Manage homedir on new server from existing git repo

• Setup repo, with no-checkout

     git clone --depth 2 --no-checkout repo-to-clone gittemp
     mv gittemp/.git ~
     rmdir gittemp

• Create a branch to keep current files local

  • git branch original_201802
    git checkout original_201802
    git add .
    git commit 

• switch back to main branch

     git checkout dev 

• Merge original file back into dev if required.

     git merge original-201802 

Working with github and upstream git repos

• View with $ git remote show

  $ git remote show
  origin
  upstream

• normally origin should point to your repo, clone possibly of upstream project e.g.

  $ git remote show upstream
   * remote upstream
    Fetch URL: git@github.com:boltgolt/howdy.git
    Push  URL: git@github.com:boltgolt/howdy.git

• To sync latest upstream changes, merge into local master and possibly push back up to your origin e.g.

  git pull upstream
  git merge upstream/master
  ##Commit message
  git push

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