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Robert Oschler
Robert Oschler

Reputation: 14375

Mark Git repository as local only so it can not be pushed?

I have a particular project that I never want to push to GitHub. That is, I only want to use locally with Git and make sure it is never pushed to a remote repository. Is there a way to mark a directory/project so that it is locked down and the push command will fail if tried? That way I don't have to worry about accidentally pushing it. I've been using Git for so long doing add/commit/push is rooted in my fingers and I don't want to have an accident during some late night programming session.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 655

Answers (3)

Acemad
Acemad

Reputation: 3581

You can add a local remote as follows :

1) Create a bare repository somewhere in your machine using the following:

git init --bare path/to/localrem.git

This will create a bare repository without a working directory, this is what's typically used in actual remotes. (it'll create a folder called localrem.git which is the usual .git repo but this is for remotes, well obviously you can change localrem for any name you like)

2) Next in your original repository you add the new remote, as you would add any ordinary remote, except the path isn't a url :

git remote add origin path/to/localrem.git

3) Now you can push as you see fit without having to worry about the world seeing your work.

git push origin master

Of course that depends on which branch you would like to keep in your local remote.

Upvotes: 3

Frumpled Biscuit
Frumpled Biscuit

Reputation: 147

Two choices (that I know of):

1) Remove the local repository's reference to the remote repository.

git remote remove origin

Typically, there is only one remote reference that is named 'origin'. You can check for addiitonal references:

git remote show

2) Keep the references, but point them to different repositories:

git remote set-url origin ${somethingElse}

Upvotes: 4

mipadi
mipadi

Reputation: 410662

You can add a pre-push hook to prevent the repository from being pushed. Rename the existing .git/hooks/pre-push.sample to .git/hooks/pre-push (or create that file if it does not exist). The contents of the file should be something like this:

#!/bin/sh

echo 'Repository cannot be pushed' 2>&1
exit 1

The echo is optional but the script should exit non-0.

Upvotes: 5

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