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Getting your Github git project to dreamhost

kosmas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:17:06 +0000

Problem
You already have a project in github, but you want to move it to a different host (ie dreamhost)

Solution
Following the post here that describes how to setup a new git repository in dreamhost, the only difference after the initial setup :

ssh username@dreamhost_domain.com

mkdir -p ~/git/yourproject.git

cd ~/git/yourproject.git

git –bare init

is to edit your project’s .git/config file:
vi local_host/your_project/.git/config

and change the :
url = git@github.com:user_name/project_name.git

to the following:
ssh://dreamhost_username@dreamhost_domain/~/git/yourproject.git

Lastly you have to push for the first time to the server:
git push origin master

Optionally if you would like to check and/or checkout to a different pc you can use:
git clone ssh://dreamhost_username@dreamhost_domain/~/git/yourproject.git

git and Mandriva

kosmas — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:54:23 +0000

Problem
You want to install the git (Fast version control system) in Mandriva, but using:

urpmi git

installs the GNU Interactive Tools.

Solution
Use the following to install the version control system

urpmi git-core

git: fatal error: `chdir’ failed: permission denied.

kosmas — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:20:30 +0000

Problem
Trying to use the heroku gem to clone a project and do local modifications I got the following error:

git: fatal error: `chdir' failed: permission denied.

Solution
It turns out that in Mandriva, when using:

sudo urpmi git

what gets installed is the ‘GNU Interactive Tools’ that has nothing to do with the git version control system.
So make sure you first uninstall the git installed:

sudo rpm -e git

and then install the Git – Fast version control system, by doing:

sudo urpmi git-core

You should then be able to clone a heroku application:

heroku clone myapp