Question

I’ve done something like following:

(1) clone a remote git repository to local host

local# git clone http://www.foo.com foo

(2) add another project on a ssh host(bar) as the second remote repository

local# git remote add bar ssh://bar/home/project

local# git fetch bar

(3) done something stupid on the ssh host(bar):

bar# rm -rf /home/project

Could you please tell me how can I recover project on the ssh host(bar) from my local copy, so other developer on the ssh host can continue their work, and I can run ‘git fetch bar’ to get their commit, just like I didn’t do anything wrong to their ssh host, i.e. undo all I did to host bar. thanks a lot.

UPDATE:

bar# mkdir -p /home/project && cd /home/project && git init --bare

local# git branch remote show bar

local# git push bar bar/master:refs/heads/master

local# git push bar bar/branch1:refs/heads/branch1

local# git push bar bar/branch2:refs/heads/branch2

Answer 1

You can setup the remote host as a new git repository and then push to it.

This blog goes over how to do it:

Toolman Tim – Setting up a new remote git repository

assuming you still have bar setup as a remote repository, essentially:

ssh bar "mkdir -p /home/project && cd /home/project && git --init bare"
git push bar refspec

refspec is frequently just the simple name of the branch in the local repository so:

git push bar master

See the git push manpage for a detailed treatment of what qualifies for a refspec. The EXAMPLES section is particularly helpful in understanding more advanced respecs