Re: Working from different machines.

Here's what I'm trying, am I in the right ballpark?

desk> git branch
* master
desk> git checkout -b banana
Switched to a new branch 'banana'
desk> echo 'message' > oracle
desk> git add oracle
desk> git commit -a -moracle
[banana 66e7823] oracle
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
  create mode 100644 oracle
desk> git push --mirror
Counting objects: 3, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 260 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
To toby@shells.rcsreg.com:/home/git/toby/exposmart
  * [new branch]      banana -> banana

# Then on another machine:

home> git branch
* master
## Forgot to 'pull' here, but it never shows new branches anyway
## I have to get them by name.  Can I automate that?

home> git checkout banana
Branch banana set up to track remote branch banana from origin.
Switched to a new branch 'banana'
home> cat oracle
message
home> echo 'other message' >> oracle
home> git commit -a -moracle2
[banana 78e6c45] oracle2
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
home> git push --mirror
Counting objects: 36, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (22/22), done.
Writing objects: 100% (36/36), 2.90 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 36 (delta 13), reused 14 (delta 4)
To shells.rcsreg.com:/home/git/toby/exposmart
    66e7823..78e6c45  banana -> banana
    7e01bf8..c65ed75  origin/HEAD -> origin/HEAD
  * [new branch]      origin/auto -> origin/auto
  * [new branch]      origin/banana -> origin/banana
  * [new branch]      origin/develop -> origin/develop
  * [new branch]      origin/flipper -> origin/flipper
  * [new branch]      origin/tart -> origin/tart
home> vi
home> git push --mirror
Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To shells.rcsreg.com:/home/git/toby/exposmart
    66e7823..78e6c45  origin/banana -> origin/banana
home> git push --mirror
Everything up-to-date
home>

## Why do I have to push three times to get the 'Everyting up-to-date' ## message? Why does it still mention 'flipper' and 'tart' and all ## other branches I've played with. When I delte them locally, I want ## them to be deleted everywhere. They just keep accumulating. ## ## Now back a the other machine

desk> git pull
remote: Counting objects: 5, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
remote: Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done.
 From shells.rcsreg.com:/home/git/toby/exposmart
    66e7823..78e6c45  banana     -> origin/banana
There is no tracking information for the current branch.
Please specify which branch you want to merge with.
See git-pull(1) for details.

     git pull <remote> <branch>

If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:

     git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch> banana

desk> git branch
* banana
   master
desk> git pull origin banana
 From shells.rcsreg.com:/home/git/toby/exposmart
  * branch            banana     -> FETCH_HEAD
Updating 66e7823..78e6c45
Fast-forward
  oracle | 1 +
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
desk> cat oracle
message
other message

## So it seems to have worked, but the more I go back and forth ## The more I seem to have eventual problems getting branches ## and changes. Am I doing it right?

Thanks