Git remote repository for Rails

July 8, 2008
Posted by roadburn

First install Git with these instructions if you are using Ubuntu

To create the external repository from your Rails app directory,

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$ git status
$ git clone --bare .git app.git
$ scp -r app.git git@gitserver:/opt/repos

or SSH to your server, and set up the repository there

$ ssh myserver.com
$ mkdir /var/git/myapp.git
$ cd /var/git/myapp.git
$ git --bare init

Setting up Rails with Git

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$ cd ~/Sites/myapp
$ git init
$ git remote add origin ssh://username@myserver.com/var/git/app.git

Create a top, project-level .gitignore file containing:

log/*.log
tmp/**/*
.DS_Store
doc/api
doc/app
public/system/**

Create some .gitignore files so the empty directories get tracked:

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and commit:

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$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Added initial Rails app"
$ git push origin master

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