How do I update my bare repo?
GitGit Problem Overview
I created a bare repo to publish my repository, but I can't figure out how to update the bare repo with the current state of the main repository.
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
If you want to duplicate all the objects from the main repo, do this inside the main repo:
git push --all <url-of-bare-repo>
Alternatively, do a fetch inside the bare repo:
git fetch <url-of-main-repo>
You cannot do a pull, because a pull wants to merge with HEAD, which a bare repo does not have.
You can add these as remotes to save yourself some typing in the future:
git remote add <whatever-name> <url-of-other-repo>
Then you can simply do
git push --all <whatever-name>
or
git fetch <whatever-name>
depending on what repo you're in. If <whatever-name> is origin, you can even leave it out altogether.
Disclaimer: I'm not a git guru. If I said something wrong, I'd like to be enlightened!
Update: Read the comments!
Solution 2 - Git
I created a repository using the following command
git clone --bare <remote_repo>
Then I tried to update the bare clone using the answer by Thomas, but it didn't work for me. To get the bare repository to update (which is what I think Let_Me_Be was asking), I had to create a mirror repository:
git clone --mirror <remote_repo>
Then I could run the following command in the mirrored repository to grab the main repository's updates:
git fetch --all
I came across this solution by reading Mirror a Git Repository By Pulling
Solution 3 - Git
The only solution besides recreating with git clone --mirror is from Gregor:
git config remote.origin.fetch 'refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*'
then you can git fetch and you'll see the updates. The weird thing is that before this, even though there is a remote configured, it has no branches listed in git branch -a.
Solution 4 - Git
Assuming:
$ git clone --bare https://github.com/.../foo.git
Fetch with:
$ git --git-dir=foo.git fetch origin +refs/heads/*:refs/heads/* --prune
Note: --git-dir=foo.git is not required if you cd to the directory first.
Solution 5 - Git
After much messing around I've found that this works for me.
Once:
git clone --mirror ssh://[email protected]:2000/repo
git remote add remote_site ssh://git@remote_site.address/repo
git config remote.origin.fetch 'refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*'
Everytime I want to sync:
cd /home/myhome/repo.git
git --bare fetch ssh://[email protected]:2000/repo
git fetch ssh://[email protected]:2000/repo
git push --mirror remote_site
Solution 6 - Git
Add the bare repository as a remote repository, then use git push.
Solution 7 - Git
For me this combination worked:
git remote add remote_site https://github.com/project/repo.git
git fetch -u remote_site +refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*
git fetch -u remote_site +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
git push --mirror
-u parameter for fetch was necessary, otherwise I get the error message: "Refusing to fetch into current branch refs/heads/master of non-bare repository" (see also https://stackoverflow.com/a/19205680/4807875)