GIT Shortcuts

In a shared environment, we can’t store the origin repository information directly in the hippo repository, because different administrators may need a different repository URL string. The easiest way around this, is to configure the remote branches in the individual administrator gitconfigs instead.

For example, file: ~/.gitconfig:

[branch "master"]
    remote = origin
    merge = refs/heads/master

[remote "origin"]
    url = aldo@remotehost:/path/to/repo
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

With the above configuration, you can connect to each host and simply use:

$ hippo push origin master

This ~/.gitconfig change simplifies maintenance significantly, because each site can be backed-up with the same command-line instruction.