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Git Remote

Clone a repository, make a change and push it

Description: Clone the repository server.git into a folder my-work, add a file todo.txt, commit it and push it to the remote.

Hint:

  • A clone already has the remote origin, so a plain git push is enough.

Solution

Terminal output

$ git clone server.git my-work
Cloning into 'my-work'…
done.
$ cd my-work
$ echo "buy milk" > todo.txt
$ git add todo.txt
$ git commit -m "Add todo list"
[main 9eaf666] Add todo list
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
create mode 100644 todo.txt
$ git push
To /home/robin/server.git
4f5618b..9eaf666 main -> main

How it works

  • We used a local folder as the server. A GitHub URL works in the same way.
  • The last line shows that main was pushed to the remote main.

Read Git Clone and Git Push.

Get new changes from the remote with fetch and pull

Description: A teammate pushed a new commit. First check the new commits without changing your branch, and then update your branch.

Hint:

  • git fetch downloads without merging. git pull downloads and merges.

Solution

Terminal output

$ git fetch
From /home/robin/server
0f2bd93..66c2a05 main -> origin/main
$ git log HEAD..origin/main –oneline
66c2a05 (origin/main, origin/HEAD) Mate adds a file
$ git pull
Updating 0f2bd93..66c2a05
Fast-forward
mate.txt | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
create mode 100644 mate.txt
$ ls
app.txt
mate.txt

How it works

  • After the fetch, the commit is known as origin/main, but our branch did not move.
  • git pull then merged it (a fast-forward), and the new file is in our folder.

Read Git Fetch and Pull.