see Junios post here: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/3/19/241732
He describes how you can setup push to push to a branch other than master, and then on the remote machine (either manually or using post- receive hook) git merge from the push branch into master. Should be just the ticket. -- Paul On Aug 22, 12:17 pm, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello guys, > > I'm new to git, and have been getting my hands 'dirty' initializing > and cloning repos, working, branching and merging. I have an issue > with git push, I'm sure I'm missing something, so I'd appreciate all > your help. To scenario is as follows. > > 1) On my local machine I initialize a new git repo. I add a basic text > file and commit. > > >mkdir myorigin > >cd myorigin > >git init > >echo "added in origin" > origfile > >git add . > >git commit -m "initial origin commit" > > 2) I clone this repo onto the same local machine, without using SSH or > anything else. I clone it under the name 'test' > > > git clone --local file:///Users/James/Desktop/myorigin test > > As expected, I see the origfile inside the cloned 'test'. > > 3) I add a new file to the working folder 'test', I add and commit the > changes. > > > echo "new file added in test" > newfile > > git add . > > git commit -m "added new file in test" > > 4) Now when I push this updated working folder onto the origin, the > new file is not added! > > > git push > > When I switch to origin and run git-status, I see my new file with a > 'deleted' status. Please anyone can tell me what's happening? > > Thanks in advance, > James --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitHub" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/github?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
