Git Push says 'everything up-to-date', remote repo shows nothing

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Hi all,

Please note, I'm a newbie to gitweb.

I have repeatedly gone over the documentation at http://docs.webfaction.com/software/git.html. The web interface seems to be working as expected. I've created a repository and enabled HTTP Push and postBuffer. I've set up my project in a local repo, but everytime I attempt to push to the gitweb repo, the outcome is:

tone@starbox: ~/pubb_js$ git push http://ibrokeit@git.pubbin.com/pubfinder.git
Password:
Everything up-to-date

...but there is nothing in the remote repo.

I figure if I were doing something really wrong, git would yell at me, but this looks like something is breaking somewhere and I'm not sure where to find it. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Does a remote branch exist, and is the local branch tracking it? If not, you will want to specify to a branch, using something like:

git push http://ibrokeit@git.pubbin.com/pubfinder.git master

If "master" didn't exist already, then this creates the branch and should set up a "tracking branch" which means you can then push without specifying "master" next time.

Also, for convenience, you can name "http://ibrokeit@git.pubbin.com/pubfinder.git" as a Remote; let's call it origin:

git remote add origin http://ibrokeit@git.pubbin.com/pubfinder.git

Then: git push origin master (use git remote -v to see your remotes).

If you have the option, it's often even more preferable to clone down the empty repository, add some files, and then push back:

git clone http://ibrokeit@git.pubbin.com/pubfinder.git
cd pubfinder
(create some files)
git add .
git commit -m 'initial commit'
git push origin master

In the future, we could just use git push; the "origin" remote and "master" branch would be inferred based on the tracking branch relationships.

Lastly, a common technique for a repository that already exists locally is to:

use git push http://ibrokeit@git.pubbin.com/pubfinder.git master to push the local repository up to webfaction.
use git clone http://ibrokeit@git.pubbin.com/pubfinder.git to clone down the new repository, with tracking branches ready. This will be used instead of the original local one from now on.
Push new changes with just git push

Hope that helps!

Git Push says 'everything up-to-date', remote repo shows nothing

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