{"id":2277,"date":"2015-02-18T15:33:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T11:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2015-02-20T03:38:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T23:38:29","slug":"using-git-and-dropbox-along-with-github","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/coding\/using-git-and-dropbox-along-with-github\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Git and Dropbox (along with GitHub)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I use Git mostly with GitHub I forget Git is an independent tool\u00a0of its own. You don’t\u00a0really need to push everything to GitHub to make it public.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Usually I have my local Git repository somewhere on my computer, pushing to a remote repository in GitHub. What I’d like to do is have the local repository in Dropbox too because I stash most of my things in Dropbox.\u00a0The way to do this is to have a new repository in Dropbox and to push to that also along with the GitHub one. So I continue working in the local repository as before, but when I push I do so to GitHub and the copy in\u00a0my Dropbox. Nice, eh!<\/p>\n

Here’s how I go about doing that.<\/p>\n

1) Create a new repository as usual:<\/h4>\n
C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code> git init AzureStuff\r\nInitialized empty Git repository in C:\/Users\/Rakhesh\/Code\/AzureStuff\/.git\/<\/pre>\n
2) Change to this directory, add some files,\u00a0and commit:<\/h4>\n
C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\AzureStuff> git add .\r\nC:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\AzureStuff> git commit -m \"Added README and LICENSE\"\r\n[master (root-commit) 6148795] Added README and LICENSE\r\nThe file will have its original line endings in your working directory.\r\n 2 files changed, 204 insertions(+)\r\n create mode 100644 LICENSE\r\n create mode 100644 README.md\r\n <\/pre>\n
3) Create a new repository in GitHub:<\/h4>\n
\"newrepo\"<\/a><\/p>\n
GitHub helpfully gives commands on how to push from the existing repository to GitHub, so let’s do that (with two slight differences I’ll get to in a moment)<\/p>\n
C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\AzureStuff> git remote add github git@github.com:rakheshster\/AzureStuff.git\r\nC:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\AzureStuff> git push github master\r\nCounting objects: 4, done.\r\nDelta compression using up to 4 threads.\r\nCompressing objects: 100% (4\/4), done.\r\nWriting objects: 100% (4\/4), 4.16 KiB | 0 bytes\/s, done.\r\nTotal 4 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)\r\nTo git@github.com:rakheshster\/AzureStuff.git\r\n * [new branch]      master -> master<\/pre>\n
The differences are that (a)\u00a0I don’t call the remote repository origin<\/code>, I call it github<\/code>, and (b) I don’t set it as the upstream (if I set it as upstream via the -u switch then this becomes the default remote repository for push and pull operations; I don’t want this to be the default yet).\u00a0<\/p>\n
4) Create a new repository in Dropbox.<\/h4>\n
Note that this must be a bare<\/em> repository. (In Git (v 1.7.0 and above) the remote repository has to be bare\u00a0in order to accept a push. A bare repository is what GitHub creates behind the scenes for you. It only contains the\u00a0versioning information, no working files. See this page<\/a> for more info).\u00a0<\/p>\n
C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\AzureStuff> git init --bare D:\\Dropbox\\Scripts\\AzureStuff.git\r\nInitialized empty Git repository in D:\/Dropbox\/Scripts\/AzureStuff.git\/<\/pre>\n
5) Add the Dropbox repository as a remote to the local repository (similar command as with the “github” remote):<\/h4>\n
C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\AzureStuff>git remote add dropbox d:\\Dropbox\\Scripts\\AzureStuff.git<\/pre>\n
I am calling this remote “dropbox” so it’s easy to refer to.\u00a0<\/p>\n
6) Push to this repository:<\/h4>\n
C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\AzureStuff>git push dropbox master\r\nCounting objects: 4, done.\r\nDelta compression using up to 4 threads.\r\nCompressing objects: 100% (4\/4), done.\r\nWriting objects: 100% (4\/4), 4.16 KiB | 0 bytes\/s, done.\r\nTotal 4 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)\r\nTo d:\\Dropbox\\Scripts\\AzureStuff.git\r\n * [new branch]      master -> master<\/pre>\n
(Note to self<\/strong>: I don’t set this as upstream. Hence the lack of a -u<\/code> switch. If I set it as upstream then this repository becomes the new default\u00a0repository if you issue a git push<\/code> command without any\u00a0remote name).\u00a0<\/p>\n
7) Create a new remote call “origin” and add both the Dropbox and GitHub remotes to it:<\/h4>\n
C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\AzureStuff> git remote add origin d:\\Dropbox\\Scripts\\AzureStuff.git\r\nC:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\AzureStuff> git remote set-url --add origin git@github.com:rakheshster\/AzureStuff.git<\/pre>\n
8) And push to this remote, setting it as the new upstream:<\/h4>\n
PS C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\AzureStuff> git push -u origin master\r\nCounting objects: 9, done.\r\nDelta compression using up to 4 threads.\r\nCompressing objects: 100% (9\/9), done.\r\nWriting objects: 100% (9\/9), 5.29 KiB | 0 bytes\/s, done.\r\nTotal 9 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)\r\nTo d:\\Dropbox\\Scripts\\AzureStuff.git\r\n * [new branch]      master -> master\r\nBranch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.\r\nWarning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '192.30.252.130' to the list of known hosts.\r\nBranch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.\r\nEverything up-to-date<\/pre>\n
That’s it! From now on a git push<\/code> will push to both Dropbox and GitHub. And I can push individually to either of these remotes by calling them by name: git push dropbox<\/code> or git push github<\/code>.<\/p>\n
When I am on a\u00a0different machine I just clone from either Dropbox or GitHub as usual, for example:<\/p>\n
C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code>git clone -o dropbox d:\\Dropbox\\Scripts\\AzureStuff.git Azure\r\nCloning into 'Azure'...\r\ndone.<\/pre>\n
Note that I change the name from origin<\/code> (the default) to dropbox<\/code> (or github<\/code>).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then I add the other remote repository:<\/p>\n
C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\Azure>git remote add github git@github.com:rakheshster\/AzureStuff.git<\/pre>\n
And as before add a remote called origin<\/code> and make it upstream:<\/p>\n
C:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\Azure>git remote add origin d:\\Dropbox\\Scripts\\AzureStuff.git\r\n\r\nC:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\Azure>git remote set-url --add origin git@github.com:rakheshster\/AzureStuff.git\r\n\r\nC:\\Users\\Rakhesh\\Code\\Azure>git push -u origin master\r\nBranch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.\r\nEverything up-to-date\r\nBranch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.\r\nEverything up-to-date<\/pre>\n
There’s no real advantage in having two remote repositories like this, but I was curious whether I can set something up along these lines and thought I’d give it a go. Two blog posts I came across are this<\/a> and this<\/a>. They take a similar approach as me and are about storing the repository in Dropbox\u00a0only (rather than Dropbox and GitHub).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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