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skyworld
skyworld

Reputation: 41

failed when use "git remote add short_name url"

I'm new to git and would like to build a git database for my team. I tried these steps:

mkdir test
cd test
git init
git remote add short_name /prj/my_prj/item1.git

to my understanding, the /prj/my_prj/item1.git should be an open repository to all memebers of my team. I then tried to add the database as:

cp from_some_database/my_files .
git add my_files
git commit -m "initial checkin"
git push short_name

here i got error as:

fatal: `/prj/my_prj/item1.git` does not appear to be a git repository

can anybody give me some help? thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 58

Answers (2)

skyworld
skyworld

Reputation: 41

Thanks for all of your kind replies. With your help finally I found failure reason and solution. At start time I think item1.git is a file built by git when using "git init". With Edmoudo and Dave's help I realized that this item1.git is a directory and should be built by 

     git init --bare --shared item1.git

The second thing I realized is that I should clone the database first, i.e. 

     mkdir work1
     cd work1
     git clone xxxx/item1.git

Then in work1/item1 directory can i use command

     git remote add short_name xxxx/item1.git

at this time i can use short_name for pull/push

Upvotes: 2

drond
drond

Reputation: 435

Add a shared bare repository to the remote directory first:

cd /prj/my_prj
git init --bare --shared item1.git

Then return to your local working directory and your push should work:

git push short_name master

Upvotes: 0

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