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dukeofgaming
dukeofgaming

Reputation: 3198

Is there something similar to Mercurial's Command Server in Git?

Mercurial's Command Server allows to issue commands to a Mercurial repository over a pipe through a special protocol... it is like a "webservice" of sorts.

https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/CommandServer

Is there anything similar in Git in order to manipulate remote Git repositories to do things you need? (like switching to another branch or updating to another revision)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 94

Answers (2)

gavenkoa
gavenkoa

Reputation: 48723

When Git communicate with a remote host (over SSH / HTTP) it utilizes an internal protocol:

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Transfer-Protocols

Upvotes: 0

KingCrunch
KingCrunch

Reputation: 131811

Don't know exactly, what the mercurial command server does, but usually git utilizes ssh as its primary remote protocol.

ssh serverName "cd /path/to/repo; git pull"
ssh serverName "git --git-dir=/path/to/repo pull"

Sends a shell command to a remote ssh server serverName. As long as the user you log in with has the rights to do it, you can everything, what the remote git installation provides.

Upvotes: 3

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