Set Up Git Repository on Storage Server | Engineering Notes

🎯 Objective

Set up a central Git repository on a storage server so developers can:

push code

pull updates

collaborate safely

🧠 Key Concepts

🔹 What is Git?

Git is a version control system used to:

track code changes

manage versions

collaborate across teams

🔹 What is a Bare Repository?

A bare repository:

has no working directory

is used as a central remote repo

developers cannot edit files directly inside it

📌 Example path:

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/opt/official.git

⚙️ Step-by-Step Setup

🧩 1. Install Git

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sudo yum install-ygit

✅ Verify:

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git--version

🧩 2. Configure Git (Global)

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git config--global user.name"Admin"
git config--global user.email"admin@example.com"

✅ Check config:

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git config--global--list

🧩 3. Create Bare Repository (Central Repo)

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sudogit init--bare /opt/official.git

📌 This acts as your remote repository

🧩 4. Clone Repository to Working Directory

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cd /usr/src/kodekloudrepos
sudogit clone /opt/official.git official

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cd official

🧩 5. Create Project File

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echo"This is official project repository" > readme.md

🧩 6. Add & Commit

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git add readme.md
git commit-m"add readme file"

🧩 7. Push to Remote Repository

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git push origin master

🧪 Verification Commands

🔹 Check Branch

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git branch

🔹 Check Commit History

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git log--oneline

🔹 Check Remote

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git remote-v

Expected:

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origin  /opt/official.git (fetch)
origin  /opt/official.git (push)

🧠 Workflow Summary

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Developer → Clone Repo → Make Changes → Commit → Push → Central Repo (/opt/official.git)

🚀 Real-World Insight

In production:

/opt/*.git → used as central repo (like GitHub)

Developers → clone into their own directories

Never work directly inside bare repo

✅ Final Result

You now have:

✅ Git installed

✅ Central bare repository created

✅ Working repo cloned

✅ Code committed & pushed