One of the great strengths of Git is the multiple and flexible ways of handling remote repositories. Just like Subversion, they can be "served" out of a location, but more generally, if you can reach it from your computer through any number of ways (
ssh, etc.), you can
git it.
YonderGit wraps up a number of a common operations with remote repositories: creating, initializing, adding to (associating with) the local repository, removing, etc.
You can clone your own copy of the YonderGit code repository using:
git clone git://github.com/jeetsukumaran/YonderGit.git
Or you can download an archive directly here:
http://github.com/jeetsukumaran/YonderGit/archives/master.
After downloading, enter "
sudo python setup.py" in the YonderGit directory to install. This will just copy the "
ygit.py" script to your system path. After that, enter "
ygit.py commands?" for a summary of possible commands, or "
ygit.py --help" for help on options.
Quick Summary of Commands
$ ygit.py setup
Create directory specified by "
REPO-URL", using either the "
ssh" or local filesystem transport protocol, initialize it as repository by running "
git init", and add it as a remote called "NAME" of the local git repository. Will fail if directory already exists.
$ ygit.py create
Create directory specified by "
REPO-URL", using either the "
ssh" or local filesystem transport protocol, and then initialize it as repository by running "
git init". Will fail if directory already exists.
$ ygit.py init
Initialize remote directory "
REPO-URL" as a repository by running "
git init" in the directory. Will fail if directory does not already exist.
$ ygit.py add
Add "
REPO-URL" as a new remote called "NAME" of the local git repository.
$ ygit.py delete
Recursively remove the directory "
REPO-URL" and all subdirectories and files.
Valid Repository URL Syntax
Secure Shell Transport Protocol
ssh://user@host.xz:port/path/to/repo.git/ssh://user@host.xz/path/to/repo.git/ssh://host.xz:port/path/to/repo.git/ssh://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/ssh://user@host.xz/path/to/repo.git/ssh://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/ssh://user@host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/ssh://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/ssh://user@host.xz/~/path/to/repo.gitssh://host.xz/~/path/to/repo.gituser@host.xz:/path/to/repo.git/host.xz:/path/to/repo.git/user@host.xz:~user/path/to/repo.git/host.xz:~user/path/to/repo.git/user@host.xz:path/to/repo.githost.xz:path/to/repo.gitrsync://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
Git Transport Protocol
git://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/git://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
HTTP/S Transport Protocol
http://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/https://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
Local (Filesystem) Transport Protocol
/path/to/repo.git/path/to/repo.git/~/path/to/repo.gitfile:///path/to/repo.git/file://~/path/to/repo.git/
This is a neat script, and I like your blog! I thought I would share my personal technique for setting up a new git repo. I have become exceedingly fond of this mac utility ‘Dash’ by Kapeli, it’s an amazing documentation manager and does snippets as well, in the form of text-expansion.
I use the following ‘snippet’ in my shell each time I start a git repo (underscore-delineated identifiers are variables that Dash presents via overlay to be filled-in):
git init
git remote add origin git@github-personal:SteveBenner/__repository-name__.git
echo "# Repo and README created using an automated script, b*tch\!" >> README.md
cp -n ~/.gitignore_global .gitignore
git add -A
git commit -m "Initial commit for git repo stored on Github.com."
git push -u origin master
The ‘@github-personal’ in the git URL refers to an alias in my SSH config file, where I use custom host settings to remove the worry of managing SSH keys, URL protocols, SSH/git settings, all that jazz.