"Git pull" on server after every "git push" from local machine

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My usage of git is very simple. Basically I do smth like this on my local machine:

echo 'Update' >> README.md
git add . && git commit -m 'update' && git push -u origin master

Then on server:

git pull

That's it.

And I am doing it every time I make changes on my local machine. Seems to me I can optimize this somehow, but I haven't found any git command to deal with this.

Is there a way not to print git pull every time there is a change? And maybe there is a way to automatically add && commit && push?

@axiac How does it sound for you like that? - Hes trying to optimize his workflow. — Xatenev, Sep 23 '16 at 13:04

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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Yes this is the normal behavior: you push on your local and pull on the server.

To automatically perform pulls you would need some kind of continueos integration tool like

http://capistranorb.com/ or https://jenkins.io/

In the special case of using github, refer to this question/answer: How do you do an automatic git pull on remote server?

Yes you can add git aliases, that performs add commit and push all together for you https://git-scm.com/book/tr/v2/Git-Basics-Git-Aliases

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answered Sep 23 '16 at 13:03

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Thanks for git aliases. It seems to be better then adding bash command. – Snobby Sep 23 '16 at 13:50
rating is too low to rate:) – Snobby Sep 23 '16 at 14:31

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 21 '19 at 03:36

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For the second thing you can create a script.
E.g. create a file:

sudo nano /usr/local/bin/git-update

paste:

git add . && git commit -m 'update' && git push -u origin master`

then do

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/git-update

and use your new command (git-update).

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answered Sep 23 '16 at 13:08

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Thanks! That doesn't solve the problem but I print less now, and fast-learned how to create custom commmands:) – Snobby Sep 23 '16 at 13:35
I'm glad I could help you :) Btw: instead of using advanced automation tools which are great, but you are beginner I think, you could create a cron job on your server for git pull. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4414140/git-auto-pull-using-cronjob Waiting for futher questions! :) – Oskar Laska Sep 23 '16 at 13:45
Did with script `while true do cd dir/ && git pull && cd - sleep 5 done ` and nohup – Snobby Sep 23 '16 at 15:41

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 23 '16 at 13:05

Assuming what you really want is to deploy after a git push, there is a lot written online about that.

git pull can potentially fail on the remote if some files have been changed there. You need a post-update git hook that triggers a script that utilises, for example, rsync, to do the actual deployment, and the nature of the hook takes care of making it happen on every push.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 23 '16 at 13:01

If you're using GitHub, you can use their Webhooks feature to listen to push events and do things accordingly.

https://developer.github.com/webhooks/

There are tools such as chimneypot which allow you to write small scripts that do things on these events.

"Git pull" on server after every "git push" from local machine

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