Instant remote git repository using ssh

These instructions assume that you can do an automatic login from a local to a remote machine using ssh keys for user $username.

Remote

cd folder/to/become/repository.git
git init --bare

Local

cd folder/to/become/local/repository
git init
git remote add remote_name ssh://$username@remote.hostname/path/to/repository.git
git pull remote_name master

…and you’re done, you’ve just gotta love git!

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