How correctly set the remote on a local repository to my centralized repository on a server?

Question

I have created a central repository on a Linux server following this tutorial:

http://rypress.com/tutorials/git/centralized-workflows

So basically I actually have this folder:

MyServer@MyUser:~/repositories/backend-central-repo.git$

on my server that represent my remote GIT repository.

I am connecting to this server via SSH using an address like: MyServer.cloudapp.net, the username MyUser and the related password.

Now on my local machine I have a local GIT repository like:

Andrea@Andrea-PC MINGW64 ~/Documents/TESTREPO (master)

In this repository I have committed a test.txt file, infact I have this commit:

$ git log
commit a11633549763c4cc905a721932c4c6bdc1a1091c
Author: AndreaNobili <nobili.andrea@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Oct 4 20:17:35 2016 +0200

    test

Then, on my local repository I have added the remote repository as origin, doing:

$ git remote add origin MyServer.cloudapp.net/repositories/backend-central-re
po.git$

Then I try to do:

Andrea@Andrea-PC MINGW64 ~/Documents/TESTREPO (master)
$ git remote -v
origin  MyServer.cloudapp.net/repositories/backend-central-repo.git$ (fetch)
origin  MyServer.cloudapp.net/repositories/backend-central-repo.git$ (push)

What it means? That it work fine?

Answer 1

"doesn't not appear to be a git repository

The ssh url for your repo should be

MyUser@MyServer.cloudapp.net:/home/MyUser/repositories/backend-central-repo.git

Try in your local repo:

git remote set-url origin MyUser@MyServer.cloudapp.net:/home/MyUser/repositories/backend-central-repo.git

Then, if your remote repo is empty, you can push your local repo to it:

git push -u origin master