I have created a Git repository on my Desktop machine (Windows 7) with:
git init
git add <all my files>
git commit -m "added my files"
Now I have installed a new Ubuntu Server 10.10 on a machine on my LAN and installed OpenSSH. My home directory is /home/jonas and I created a directory ~/code/ to contain my projects. I can log in to the Ubuntu Server from Windows 7 with Putty.
I installed Git on the server with sudo apt-get install git
Now I want to add my Git repository on my Desktop to the Server. I tried to follow the instructions from Pragmatic Version Control Using Git.
From my Desktop I run these commands:
git remote add origin jonas@192.168.1.10/home/jonas/code/myproject.git
git push origin master
But I got this error message:
fatal: 'jonas@192.168.1.180/home/jonas/code/myproject.git' does not appear to be
a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
What is the problem? How do I create the remote repository?
As PerfectlyNormal suggested, I added a : in the address. Now it worked better, and I had to type my password to the server, but then I got a similar error message:
fatal: '/home/jonas/code/myproject.git' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Do I have to initialize a Git repository on the server before I can git push to it?
Did you setup the repository on the remote server? You need to run
mkdir -p /home/jonas/code/myproject.git
cd /home/jonas/code/myproject.git
git init --bare
on the server in order to set it up. I recommend taking a look at how to setup a git server in the free ProGit book.