[Discuss] first time build of GIT server

[jomalloy at gmail.com (John Malloy)]

What site should I use for the  git clone <URL>  ?




On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com>wrote:

> Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote:
>
>> I'm going to make a very strong suggestion.  Get an ubuntu server
>> (not desktop) and follow the gitlab instructions for installing
>> gitlab.  It's extremely excellent, their instructions are extremely
>> accurate and straight forward.  And you get a LOT of value.
>>
>
> I can't speak to gitlab but setting up a dedicated server for your origins
> is a good idea. Every Git clone is a complete replica of the origin less
> any changes made since the last pull, and each pull is just the changes
> made since the previous pull. You don't need the kind of high-power
> infrastructure required by server-oriented control systems.
>
> I can't speak specifically to Sourcetree. I choose SmartGit over it a
> while back for deployment to semi-technical and non-technical users. It
> went swimmingly. Both present file-oriented interfaces to file-oriented
> structures which makes sense to most people accustomed to using file
> browsers for browsing files.
>
>
> John Malloy wrote:
> > How do I  check/out  in a package for the first time?
>
> The first is a clone:
>
>   git clone <URL>
>
> After that you pull updates with pull:
>
>   cd dir; git pull
>
> Add new files in the working directory to the clone with add:
>
>   git add foo
>
> Commit changes with commit:
>
>   git commit -m "made these changes to foo."
>
> And finally push the changes back up to the origin, assuming you're using
> an origin. Git works equally well with the local directory being the only
> clone (e.g., etckeeper)
>
>   git push
>
> The TeX source for the "Pro Git" book is available under a CC license. I
> found it to be a really good starting point. Print copies are available.
>
> http://git-scm.com/book
>
> --
> Rich P.
>
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