Alice: centralized repository creation

Alice is going to create a repository intended to have only the data, without any working directory. This way, both Alice and Bob will be able to work against a common integration branch.

Lab

  • First, Alice goes to the top directory to create the folder for the new repo. By convention, a bare repos directory name ends with .git:
mkdir central.git
  • Jumping inside the newly created directory, our Writer is able to initialize it properly
cd central.git
git init --bare
# Creates a repo as a storage unit (similar to what github / gitlab instantiate)
  • Here it is the interesting part: the new repository only contains the database, without a working directory. Now Alice can go back to her own repo and configure a remote reference to the bare one
cd ../alice/book
git status
git remote add origin ../../central.git/
  • As the origin repo doesn’t have a working directory, there is no problem in running a push command to execute a remote merge directly against the main branch
git push origin main
  • Remote annotations usually are attached to versions of the repo that are significant and should be shared, so Alice also decides to push v1 into the central repo
git push origin v1
  • Happy to see how everything is under control, she writes a new chapter and synchronizes everything
cat << EOF > chapter-03.md
Tim woke up with a start, his heart racing and his body drenched in sweat; it took him a few moments to realize that he had been dreaming about the mermaids again. He had been having the same dream for weeks now - the mermaids would appear out of nowhere, their beautiful faces twisted into a sinister snarl as they dragged him under the water.

He knew it was silly to be afraid of something that didn't exist, but he couldn't shake the feeling that there was some truth to his dreams. The sea was full of mysteries and he had heard stories of sailors who had encountered strange creatures on their voyages. Perhaps there was more to his dreams than just his imagination.

As he lay in bed, trying to calm his racing thoughts, Tim made a decision. He would set out to learn as much as he could about the sea and the creatures that dwelled within it. If there was any truth to his dreams, he wanted to be prepared. And he knew where to start his investigation.
EOF

ls
git add chapter-03.md
git commit -m "New chapter"
git push origin main
  • Wow, Alice has done a tone of work. She now leaves her workspace
cd ../..