Setting up a git repository on Slicehost

On your slice;

Install git.

sudo apt-get install git-core
Create an empty directory for your repository

mkdir myrepo.git && cd myrepo.git
Initialize git

git init

Create an empty directory for your repository

> mkdir myrepo.git && cd myrepo.git
Initialize git

git init
Add the remote repository as the origin

git remote add origin ssh://server-domain/repo

for my server the above command is

git remote add origin ssh://bulkan-evcimen.com/home/bulkan/src/repo.git
Create a ignore file for the first push

touch .gitignore
Add, commit

git add .gitignore

git commit -m "initial git commit"
Push your repo to the origin on slicehost

git push origin master

That's it. Happy gitting.

Josh Fraser - 2009-11-23 08:35:39

Thanks for posting this. Very helpful. How do you specify a custom port to use if you are not using the default?

Bulkan Evcimen - 2009-11-24 09:29:58

Hi Josh, This setup here uses git via ssh (port 22) to run on a different port you might need to use the git protocol. Have a look here it might help