# Commit changes to remote repository 4 messages from 2012-01-13 to 2012-01-17. Participants: ruperty, Carlos Martín Nieto, Matthieu Moy, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/29361 ## ruperty, 2012-01-13 20:29 Subject: Commit changes to remote repository Message-ID: <1326486589088-7185551.post@n2.nabble.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1326486589088-7185551.post%40n2.nabble.com ``` Being new to git I am probably not doing things correctly so pointers in the right direction would be useful. What I want to do make changes on my laptop and commit them to a remote repository. Here is what I have done, 1. Created a repository on my remote linux host, in a folder of cource code, by, git init git add * git commit 2. On my laptop I did a git clone pointing by ssh to the remote repo which downloaded all the files to my local system. 3. I changed a file locally and did a commit. 4. I then wanted to update the remote repo with my change, which I did with a git push, but that didn't work, getting this error, remote: error: refusing to update checked out branch: refs/heads/master remote: error: By default, updating the current branch in a non-bare repository....... What am I doing wrong? I was following the tutorial at http://book.git-scm.com/3_distributed_workflows.html I did search for this issue in this list but didn't understand the responses. Rupert -- View this message in context: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Commit-changes-to-remote-repository-tp7185551p7185551.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ``` ## Carlos Martín Nieto, 2012-01-14 11:31 Subject: Re: Commit changes to remote repository Message-ID: <20120114113141.GG2850@centaur.lab.cmartin.tk> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20120114113141.GG2850%40centaur.lab.cmartin.tk In-Reply-To: <1326486589088-7185551.post@n2.nabble.com> ``` On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:29:49PM -0800, ruperty wrote: > Being new to git I am probably not doing things correctly so pointers in the > right direction would be useful. > > What I want to do make changes on my laptop and commit them to a remote > repository. Here is what I have done, > > 1. Created a repository on my remote linux host, in a folder of cource code, > by, > > git init > git add * > git commit > > 2. On my laptop I did a git clone pointing by ssh to the remote repo which > downloaded all the files to my local system. > > 3. I changed a file locally and did a commit. > > 4. I then wanted to update the remote repo with my change, which I did with > a git push, but that didn't work, getting this error, > > remote: error: refusing to update checked out branch: > refs/heads/master > remote: error: By default, updating the current branch in a non-bare > repository....... > > > What am I doing wrong? You're trying to push to a non-bare repository and change the currently active branch, which can cause problems, so git isn't letting you. There's an explanation of bare and non-bare at http://bare-vs-nonbare.gitrecipes.de/ but the short and sweet is that you should init the repo you want to use as the central point with --bare and do modifications locally and then push there. cmn ``` ## Matthieu Moy, 2012-01-14 14:27 Subject: Re: Commit changes to remote repository Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/vpqboq6fjfy.fsf%40bauges.imag.fr In-Reply-To: <20120114113141.GG2850@centaur.lab.cmartin.tk> ``` Carlos Martín Nieto writes: > You're trying to push to a non-bare repository and change the > currently active branch, which can cause problems, so git isn't > letting you. There's an explanation of bare and non-bare at > http://bare-vs-nonbare.gitrecipes.de/ but the short and sweet is that > you should init the repo you want to use as the central point with > --bare and do modifications locally and then push there. An alternative is to push to a temporary, non-checked-out branch. I sometimes do laptop$ git push desktop HEAD:incomming and then desktop$ git merge incomming The push does not disturb the worktree on the desktop, and the merge is done manually on the receiving machine. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2012-01-17 00:12 Subject: Re: Commit changes to remote repository Message-ID: <7vpqejtcep.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vpqejtcep.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: ``` Matthieu Moy writes: > Carlos Martín Nieto writes: > >> You're trying to push to a non-bare repository and change the >> currently active branch, which can cause problems, so git isn't >> letting you. There's an explanation of bare and non-bare at >> http://bare-vs-nonbare.gitrecipes.de/ but the short and sweet is that >> you should init the repo you want to use as the central point with >> --bare and do modifications locally and then push there. > > An alternative is to push to a temporary, non-checked-out branch. Or more generally, treat such a push as if you are pulling in the opposite direction. So in this example, > I sometimes do > > laptop$ git push desktop HEAD:incomming > > and then > > desktop$ git merge incomming you pretend as if you are running "git pull" on your desktop in order to integrate the work done on your laptop. If you did desktop$ git pull laptop you would store where the branches on the laptop are in the remote tracking branches for "laptop" remote in your desktop's repository. So a good way to simulate that would be: laptop$ git push desktop master:refs/remotes/laptop/master and then run: desktop$ git merge laptop/master > The push does not disturb the worktree on the desktop, and the merge is > done manually on the receiving machine. ```