Question

Background:

• In a network, there are two PCs, one using Windows 7 and other using Ubuntu 12.10 as their OSs.
• Both have Git installed. Windows one from http://git-scm.com/download/win and Ubuntu one from apt-get install git-core.
• Ubuntu PC has Samba configured so that it is possible to access Windows PCs in the network using their hostnames.
• Using git clone http://windowspc/system/.git, it was possible to create a clone of the repository from Windows PC in the Ubuntu PC.

Problem:

• Changes are made into the code in the Windows PC. Commands git add . and git commit -m"Comment." are issued in the Git prompt in the Windows PC.
• Back in Ubuntu PC, when git fetch and git pull commands are issues, the message Already up-to-date is presented.
• However, none of the changes made in the Windows PC appear in the Ubuntu PC.

Question

• What should be the path to be taken to get updated files from Windows PC to the Ubuntu PC?

Answer 1

I’m used to doing a ‘git push’ after doing a commit.

I would create a bare repository that is shared by both your windows machine and your Ubuntu machine. I would then amend your instructions to include a ‘git push’ after you commit your changes. You could then use gitk to make sure that everything is up to date. BTW I find that the best way to access git under Windows is by using cygwin.

My method of doing a creation of a bare repository that is shared between Windows and Unix/Linux is:

cd /cygdrive/c/source
git clone --bare --no-hardlinks -l . /cygdrive/s/shareddir/source.git

To connect the new bare repository back to the original source code:

cd /cygdrive/c/source
git remote add origin /cygdrive/s/shareddir/source.git
git remote update
git remote -v
git branch --set-upstream master origin/master