Setup up website and beta site using git

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I have a website that I am setting up that I want to use git for version control. My idea is to create a beta subdomain where I can test the site and then 'push' it to the main site in the public_html folder. Everything needs to be on the server to access the database. I tried to actually clone the main site into the beta folder but I receive the following error when trying to push to the main site.

remote: error: By default, updating the current branch in a non-bare repository denied

I tried to use a bare repo but that is no good for a website as it does not contain a working tree.

Is there a better way to do this?

Benoit Courtine · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-12 19:47:18Z

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I think you can use the "git post-receive hook".

On server, you have to use two repositories:

the bare repository (where you will upload the code by "git push")
a clone of this bare repository. This clone will host your website

On the bare repository, you configure the post-receive-hook: when the repository is updated, you can automatically perform an update of the clone repository to update your website.

answered Jul 12, 2012 at 19:47

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ericbowden Over a year ago

Thanks your answer pointed me in the right direction, this site helped a lot: toroid.org/ams/git-website-howto

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