Push from one repo to another - Git

Question

I have a repo on my local computer. I want to develop and make changes in a branch on my local repo and then push these changes for testing to a repo on a server that I can ssh into. How do I do this? I have never pushed/pulled from the local to the server, only pulled down through SSH from my bitbucket account to either my local computer or remote server.

Thanks, Mo

Answer 1

You can create a repo on the server by logging in to it, and do a git init --bare.

Then on you local computer you

git remote add serverrepo <url to server repo>

Now you can push and pull to the serverrepo, and to origin (bitbucket?).

You can push your branch to just the serverrepo if you wish:

git push -u serverrepo branchname

If you need to "publish" the repo on the server somehow, you can follow this guide.

Answer 2

If you want to avoid the command line and are using Atlassian SourceTree do Repository->Add Remote on the source repository and then you can push your changes to the destination.