Publishing with git + ssh
This recipe is to describe the steps for taking a local folder that's managed by git and using a remote server where you have ssh access, creating an "as-simple-as-possible" remote that can be pushed to (and eventually pulled from) and that is also mirrored on the same server. In other words, there's also a public working directory that automatically gets updated (via a githook) when the repo is pushed to. This recipe does not require that you use a git server like gitea, gitlab, or github. Just that you have ssh access to a server. You can of course combine this with also using a git server (as git repos can have multiple remotes).
The steps
- Convert local folder into a bare repo
- scp the bare repo to a (non-public) part of your server
- Create the webhook in the bare repo on the server
Convert local folder into a bare repo
git clone --bare project project.git
Converts normal folder project (that is already git-managed!), into a bare repository project.git.
scp the bare repo to your server
Here assuming you have a folder called git in your remote home folder.
scp -r project.git remote:git/