Got a secret project on machine A and too cheap to get a Github private repo? Clone it directly on machine B with:
$ git clone ssh://user@A/absolute/path/to/repo/
Replace “user” with your username on A, “A” with the actual hostname of A, and “/absolute/path/to/repo/” with the absolute path to the git repository.
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I’m using this method, but don’t bother with url schema, git tries ssh by default.
Also, it is possible to not put username into the ~/.ssh/config like this:
# ~/.ssh/config
Host git
Hostname mymachine.with.git
Username ubuntu
In that case, you will be able to do:
git clone git:~/private-reps/some-rep.git
Note, that I’m using not abolute path, but relative to the $HOME directory. And also, I’m clonning from a bare git repository. Bare repositories are safe to push and they are not waste space for the working copy.
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Cool, that’s a nice way to set it up.
In my case, I didn’t want a bare repo because I’m working on my laptop & desktop (so I wanted the full copy of the repo on both).
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