keeping remote repo checked out?

I am testing git as a replacement for how I was using bk to manage web sites. As such, I created a new git repo on the server, populated it with the old data (ignoring history; there wasn't much relevant on that site) and cloned that to the laptop.

Editing on the server works well. I can add, checking and a subsequent pull on the laptop grabs the changes.

But any edits on the laptop's copy are not checked out when I push them to the server.

Is it possible to arrange that a push does a checkout on the remote the same way a pull does on the local?

-JimC