Hallo Shawn, > $ ssh 131.188.30.59 git --git-dir=/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/astro.git init-db > $ git remote add origin 131.188.30.59:/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/astro.git > $ git push origin master:master > $ git fetch thank you a lot. I just got home where I have internet connectivity with my laptop and tried your tips. That was by the way exactly I was looking for. Thank you a lot. However, I got a little problem. Here is the output: (thinkpad) [~/work/astro] ssh 131.188.30.59 git --git-dir=/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/astro.git init-db (thinkpad) [~/work/astro] git remote add origin 131.188.30.59:/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/astro.git (thinkpad) [~/work/astro] git push origin master:master updating 'refs/heads/master' from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to 7a04a7eb87797c4a5e8a6c4892d68862f202b2e2 Generating pack... Done counting 30 objects. Deltifying 30 objects. 100% (30/30) done Writing 30 objects. 100% (30/30) done Total 30 (delta 7), reused 0 (delta 0) Unpacking 30 objects refs/heads/master: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 -> 7a04a7eb87797c4a5e8a6c4892d68862f202b2e2 (thinkpad) [~/work/astro] git pull * refs/remotes/origin/master: storing branch 'master' of 131.188.30.59:/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/astro commit: 7a04a7e Warning: No merge candidate found because value of config option "branch.master.merge" does not match any remote branch fetched. No changes. (thinkpad) [~/work/astro] git pull Warning: No merge candidate found because value of config option "branch.master.merge" does not match any remote branch fetched. No changes. Maybe it is related to the fact that git version 1.4.4.4 is running on faui00u (131.188.30.59). Thomas - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html