Re: git-ftp: retry, sftp support

From: Timo Besenreuther <timo.besenreuther@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 18, 2011, 08:58 UTC
Message-ID: <138AFDD9-CE91-4019-BAF3-B6F301D4225E@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACPiFCK4B96cTAz8JEBMOpktZG2R5HsYA2YgEdRuqO55XTOVcg@mail.gmail.com>

Hey guys,

I think there's some confusion here.

git-ftp is a bash tool written by Rene Moser (github resmo) to sync a git repo with an FTP server. It is not in git core. I just added some minor improvements. My github repo is just a fork.

Regards, Timo

On Jul 18, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote:

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> 2011/7/18 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>:
>> Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> René, Timo,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for git-ftp -- it has saved me from going crazy with low cost
>>> hosting setups that only support ftp.
>> 
>> Could you give us a link?  It isn't in git core, is it?
> 
> git remote -v
> origin	git://github.com/BeezyT/git-ftp.git (fetch)
> origin	git://github.com/BeezyT/git-ftp.git (push)
> 
>> How git-ftp differs from ftp / ftps remote helper (git-remote-ftp etc.)?
> 
> AIUI, the ftp/ftps remote helpers are to keep a git _repo_ on a server
> that runs ftp.
> 
> This git-ftp is a "deploy the tip of my branch onto a production
> server" tool. The usage model is
> 
> - hack on your html/php website on your dev machine, in a git checkout
> - commit your code
> - use git-ftp to publish to the hosting server
> 
> Maybe it should be called "git ftpdeploy".  It's a handy trick. I
> found it via http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2950107/git-push-into-production-ftp
> 
> 
> 
> 
> m
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