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Git Servers
Many are familiar with Github. Gitlab is a good open-sourced alternative. It's also pretty easy to host your own git repositories -- all you really need is a linux server that you have ssh access too!
Running a server
It's pretty much as simple as having an SSH server running and being able to connect over that.
https://www.linux.com/learn/how-run-your-own-git-server How to Run Your Own Git Server | Linux.com | The source for Linux information
https://www.google.com/search?q=linux+git+server linux git server - Google Search
New repository on server
Create your project's repo on your git host and check that out locally
When you're not on the server (e.g. created the repo somewhere else), you need to create a blank repo on the server first:
- Log into the server machine.
- Create a bare repo using
ssh [user@host-server]
mkdir -p /srv/git/home-system
cd /srv/git/home-system
ssh [user@host-server]
mkdir -p /srv/git/home-system
cd /srv/git/home-system
git --version 2.28 and up:
git init --initial-branch=main --bare
git init --initial-branch=main --bare
git --version older than 2.28
git init --bare
git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/main
git init --bare
git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/main
Check out the new bare repo on the client:
git clone account@server:/srv/git/project
git clone account@server:/srv/git/project
May get warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.
Add some content. At that point, check to see what branch you're on. If it's still set to master
move it to main
and push
git branch -a
git branch -m main
git push origin HEAD
git branch -a
git branch -m main
git push origin HEAD
Add server to existing repo
Note: this requires the remote repository to exist on the server first.
If you have an existing repo and want to add a server later
On the client machine check for existing origins
git remote -v
git remote -v
(if you need to delete an existing origin):
git remote remove origin
git remote remove origin
push your repo to the server
git remote add origin ssh://user@server:/GitRepos/myproject.git
git remote add origin ssh://user@server:/GitRepos/myproject.git
followed by
git push origin main
git push origin main
May also need
git branch --set-upstream-to origin/main
git branch --set-upstream-to origin/main
Try git show-ref to see what refs you have. Is there a refs/heads/master?
You can try git push origin HEAD:master as a more local-reference-independent solution. This explicitly states that you want to push the local ref HEAD to the remote ref master (see the git-push refspec documentation).
then checkout to any device with:
git clone user@server:/srv/git/repo
git clone user@server:/srv/git/repo
If the repo on the server has local files checked out (not bare), when it's time to push changes up to the server, they'll be rejected.
Being able to push is the important option in this scenario.
An alternative solution could use different branches on either the remote device and/or the server. This seems more cumbersome.
Template repositories
Some hosts make it easy to designate a repository as a template.
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=gitlab+mark+repostory+as+a+template&ia=web gitlab mark repostory as a template at DuckDuckGo https://betterprogramming.pub/forget-boilerplate-use-repository-templates-74efebbee8eb Forget Boilerplate, Use Repository Templates! | by Liliana Nuño Silva | Better Programming https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/admin_area/settings/instance_template_repository.html#help-and-feedback Instance template repository | GitLab
Self-hosted Interfaces
Gitlab can be run on local infrastructure
Gogs
https://gogs.io/docs/features/custom_template
Custom template - Gogs
https://gogs.io/
Gogs: A painless self-hosted Git service