# How to make "git push/pull" work in non-clone repo? 6 messages from 2011-11-03 to 2011-11-04. Participants: Hong-Ming Su, Frans Klaver, Kirill Likhodedov, Andreas Schwab. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/28833 ## Hong-Ming Su, 2011-11-03 14:59 Subject: How to make "git push/pull" work in non-clone repo? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CANiMyiFfiLnK8-q7vTZ9VAtkW8ip2NQfpR4iaU2oSnnonVDuUA%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, I create a repo X with git init. After several commit in X, I clone a bare repo Y from X. I try to continue work in X, and push to/pull from Y. The command git push and git pull fails. I see the error message but I do not know which git command can fix that problem. Then I clone Z from Y. git push/pull works in Z. How to make "git push/pull" the same in X as in Z? Thanks, Hong-Ming ``` ## Frans Klaver, 2011-11-03 15:07 Subject: Re: How to make "git push/pull" work in non-clone repo? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAH6sp9M1PxxHqKC-M0rtsEbdsmY1vBb_m_6G%3D266QkVtTDE%3DEQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hi, On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Hong-Ming Su wrote: > I create a repo X with git init. After several commit in X, I clone a > bare repo Y from X. > I try to continue work in X, and push to/pull from Y. The command git > push and git pull fails. I see the error message but I do not know > which git command can fix that problem. Care to tell us which commands you use and which errors you get? It will give clues about how to help. > Then I clone Z from Y. git push/pull works in Z. > How to make "git push/pull" the same in X as in Z? Same here. Cheers, Frans ``` ## Kirill Likhodedov, 2011-11-03 16:09 Subject: Re: How to make "git push/pull" work in non-clone repo? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/F802D297-95A0-4B1E-894D-9681E0EEF3AD%40jetbrains.com In-Reply-To: ``` 03.11.2011, в 17:59, Hong-Ming Su: > I create a repo X with git init. After several commit in X, I clone a > bare repo Y from X. > I try to continue work in X, and push to/pull from Y. The command git > push and git pull fails. I see the error message but I do not know > which git command can fix that problem. > Then I clone Z from Y. git push/pull works in Z. > How to make "git push/pull" the same in X as in Z? > By cloning Y from X you made X to be a parent of Y while you need vice versa. To fix this add Y as a remote to X and set up tracking for you master branch. By the way, in such cases you'd better write commands you've executed, and the error report you've got. " I see the error message but I do not know which git command can fix that problem" - this is zero of useful information. ---------------------------------- Kirill Likhodedov JetBrains, Inc http://www.jetbrains.com "Develop with pleasure!" ``` ## Hong-Ming Su, 2011-11-03 16:10 Subject: Re: How to make "git push/pull" work in non-clone repo? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CANiMyiF%3DC_uBXf3kV8ix%3DCY9Mi%3DcxHU-J3dn5UyJ87gu3Sm0dg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Thank for your hints. I get "git push" work. The "git pull" need argument. /d/workspace/git $ ls depot work1 work2 /d/workspace/git $ git clone --bare work1 depot Cloning into bare repository depot... done. /d/workspace/git/work1 (master) $ git push fatal: No destination configured to push to. /d/workspace/git/work1 (master) $ git pull fatal: No remote repository specified. Please, specify either a URL or a remote name from which new revisions should be fetched. /d/workspace/git/work1 (master) $ git remote add origin ../depot /d/workspace/git/work1 (master) $ git push Everything up-to-date /d/workspace/git/work1 (master) $ git pull From ../depot * [new branch] master -> origin/master You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you want to merge with, and 'branch.master.merge' in your configuration file does not tell me, either. Please specify which branch you want to use on the command line and try again (e.g. 'git pull '). See git-pull(1) for details. If you often merge with the same branch, you may want to use something like the following in your configuration file: [branch "master"] remote = merge = [remote ""] url = fetch = /d/workspace/git/work1 (master) $ git pull origin master:master Already up-to-date. 2011/11/4 Kirill Likhodedov : > > > 03.11.2011, в 17:59, Hong-Ming Su: > >> I create a repo X with git init. After several commit in X, I clone a >> bare repo Y from X. >> I try to continue work in X, and push to/pull from Y. The command git >> push and git pull fails. I see the error message but I do not know >> which git command can fix that problem. >> Then I clone Z from Y. git push/pull works in Z. >> How to make "git push/pull" the same in X as in Z? >> > > > By cloning Y from X you made X to be a parent of Y while you need vice versa. > To fix this add Y as a remote to X and set up tracking for you master branch. > > By the way, in such cases you'd better write commands you've executed, and the error report you've got. > " I see the error message but I do not know which git command can fix that problem" - this is zero of useful information. > > ---------------------------------- > Kirill Likhodedov > JetBrains, Inc > http://www.jetbrains.com > "Develop with pleasure!" > > ``` ## Andreas Schwab, 2011-11-03 17:00 Subject: Re: How to make "git push/pull" work in non-clone repo? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m2fwi5nnt8.fsf%40igel.home In-Reply-To: ``` Hong-Ming Su writes: > /d/workspace/git/work1 (master) > $ git remote add origin ../depot $ git branch --set-upstream master origin/master Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." ``` ## Hong-Ming Su, 2011-11-04 03:33 Subject: Re: How to make "git push/pull" work in non-clone repo? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CANiMyiEmDhErgT4PKpbzrCB1%3Da1kmdta0uDKV%2BtFAtOQc4tkKA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` git push -u can set upstream too. Thanks all! On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Hong-Ming Su writes: > >> /d/workspace/git/work1 (master) >> $ git remote add origin ../depot > > $ git branch --set-upstream master origin/master > > Andreas. > > -- > Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org > GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756  01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 > "And now for something completely different." > ```