I installed git on my server. I added my ssh key to the server:

scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [username]@[server]:.ssh/authorized_keys

I then wrote the following script (I actually stole most of it but that’s moot. Credit goes to Johan Harjono)

#!/bin/sh
#####################################
# Stephen Cott
# 10 DEC 2011
#
# createGitRepo.sh
# Script to create a local git
# repository and configure it on a
# remote server
#####################################
 
repo_name=$1
language=$2
remote_user=xxxx
remote_server=xxxx
 
mkdir $repo_name
cd $repo_name
git init
 
touch README
git add README
git commit -m "Initial Commit"
 
cd ..
 
git clone --bare $repo_name ${repo_name}.git
 
scp -r ${repo_name}.git ${remote_user}@${remote_server}:~/code/${language}/
 
rm -Rf ${repo_name}.git
 
cd $repo_name
 
git remote add $repo_name ssh://${remote_user}@${remote_server}/home/[username]/code/${language}/${repo_name}.git

That script creates a new directory in the current directory using the first argument, the it initializes the directory for git. After that it clones the git repository to same name .git and initialzes a bare git structure. Then it scp’s that git repository up to my server into a subdirectory of code dependent on the second argument which is the language type and deletes the local *.git copy. Finally it moves back into the newly created project folder and sets up a git remote.

It’s pretty simple to use after that. If I am working on another system and want to pull a project I would use:

git clone ssh://[username]@[server]:/home/[username]/code/[language]/[reponame].git [localreponame]

Do whatever work I need to do on the project and then:

git push

When I’m back at my main workstation I just need to do:

cd [localreponame]
git pull

And then my main workstation is up to date.