Using SSH-Accessible Servers as Git Repositories for Server-Side Development
By
chmaynard
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Summary
The article explains how to use an existing SSH-accessible server as a git server by cloning repositories directly via SSH and configuring git to allow pushing to the currently checked-out branch. It presents this as a convenient method for working on server-side files without dealing with SSH lag or error-prone file copying.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledIf you have a git repository on a server with ssh access, you can just clone it:
By default, git won't let you push to the branch that is currently checked out, but this is easy to change:
This is a nice way to work on server-side files without SSH lag or error-prone copying.
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