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

[Christopher Schoonbee]

Hi Nico,

But isn't that correct?  The git repo is contained in a hidden .git 
folder in the folder of stuff you told git to version control eg folder 
myproject.  ie the actual repo is myproject/.git not myproject.git


Have you worked through a tutorial yet? eg
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/315911/git-for-beginners-the-definitive-practical-guide/816614

Chris

On 04/04/2014 15:20, nico.michael at arduino.org.za wrote:
> 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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