[ubuntu-za] trying to create a working git repository in my Ubuntu Linux

[nico.michael at arduino.org.za]

Hi Bruce
Nothing is working my git repository is broken

in my folder I have a .git folder
and not myproject.git

I should have used SVN its much easier to get to work

should I give up ?
Every article I google is different from the next

Why did Linus make such a unwanderful program ?


regards
Nico

Quoting Bruce Pieterse <dev at otq.za.net>:

> On 03/04/2014 17:19, nico.michael at arduino.org.za wrote:
>> Hi there
>>
>> I have used the following steps to create a repository
>> add a dummy text file so i can send it to my Git server
>>
>> cd /home/nico/git
>> mkdir MY_JAVA_PROJECT
>> cd MY_JAVA_PROJECT/
>> git init
>> touch deleteme.txt
>> git add .
>> Got error added this to fix it :
>> git config --global user.name "nickm"
>> git config --global user.email "nico.michael at arduino.org.za"
>>
>> git commit -m "initial commit"
>>
>>
>> local/path/to/local/project> git checkout mybranch
>> got Error : error: pathspec 'mybranch' did not match any file(s)  
>> known to git.
>>
>> Please advise
>>
>> regards
>> Nico
>>
> Hi Nico,
>
> git checkout mybranch checks out a local branch if it exists. In  
> this case mybranch doesn't.
>
> If you need to push to a server you need to add a remote:
>
> git remote add origin <gituser>@<gitserver>:<path/to/repo> i.e.  
> git at git.myserver.co.za:project.git
>
> Once that is done you can then push your untracked branch, master as  
> this is where all commits go if it is a new repository, to the  
> server with:
>
> git push origin -u master
>
> This is optional and is default for user.name you should actually  
> set it like:
>
> git config --global user.name "Nico Michael"
>
> So when you do git log it will come up with
>
> commit 4a02eca82dfbfb2008ea59c128bd6cb66555aa88
> Author: Nice Michael <nico.michael at arduino.org.za>
> Date:   Thu Apr 3 18:30:16 2014 +0200
>
>     Summary of changes
>
>     * Change 1
>     * Change 2
>
> Resolves issue #12345
>
> -- 
> All the best,
>
> Bruce
>
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