Git: pull from repository, remotely

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I'm locally working on a project, and pushing everything to a remote repository. I've recently found that my hosting provider offers a git client, so instead of generating and applying patches once in a while (I've SSH access) I could use that. Cloning the repository isn't the good way because:

It copies the whole thing every time;
Some files are edited after the copy (a couple of configurations).

What would be the best way to do this?

(Is there a way to have just the files without the .git folder?)

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 16 '17 at 10:42

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You could look into shallow clone. Something like this:

git clone --depth <n> <url>

with a post-receive hook on the server to edit the configurations.

Check out shallow cloning and git hooks.
Some combination of those should achieve what you're looking for.

edited Jun 16 '17 at 10:42

Vadim Kotov

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answered Feb 06 '12 at 00:53

Matthew Lehner

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Thank you, I think this could make the job. – entropid Feb 06 '12 at 01:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '12 at 00:46

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Not sure if I get this, but is this what you're looking for?

git archive HEAD | gzip > export.tar.gz

answered Feb 06 '12 at 00:46

farnsworth

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No, but thank you anyway. I'm looking for a way to checkout a repository from another location, updating the new files. – entropid Feb 06 '12 at 00:59
Your question is rather fuzzy. By checkout you mean? I'm pretty sure you're not using git terminology. – farnsworth Feb 06 '12 at 01:03
Sorry, I actually mean ‘pull’. – entropid Feb 06 '12 at 01:14

Git: pull from repository, remotely

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