* First, `--mirror` might be what the relation between 'desktop'
and 'home' repositories should be.
Here's what I'm trying, am I in the right ballpark?
desk> git branch
* master
desk> git checkout -b banana
Switched to a new branch 'banana'
desk> echo 'message' > oracle
desk> git add oracle
desk> git commit -a -moracle
[banana 66e7823] oracle
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
create mode 100644 oracle
desk> git push --mirror
Counting objects: 3, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 260 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
To toby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/home/git/toby/exposmart
* [new branch] banana -> banana
# Then on another machine:
home> git branch
* master
## Forgot to 'pull' here, but it never shows new branches anyway
## I have to get them by name. Can I automate that?
home> git checkout banana
Branch banana set up to track remote branch banana from origin.
Switched to a new branch 'banana'
home> cat oracle
message
home> echo 'other message' >> oracle
home> git commit -a -moracle2
[banana 78e6c45] oracle2
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
home> git push --mirror
Counting objects: 36, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (22/22), done.
Writing objects: 100% (36/36), 2.90 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 36 (delta 13), reused 14 (delta 4)
To shells.rcsreg.com:/home/git/toby/exposmart
66e7823..78e6c45 banana -> banana
7e01bf8..c65ed75 origin/HEAD -> origin/HEAD
* [new branch] origin/auto -> origin/auto
* [new branch] origin/banana -> origin/banana
* [new branch] origin/develop -> origin/develop
* [new branch] origin/flipper -> origin/flipper
* [new branch] origin/tart -> origin/tart
home> vi
home> git push --mirror
Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To shells.rcsreg.com:/home/git/toby/exposmart
66e7823..78e6c45 origin/banana -> origin/banana
home> git push --mirror
Everything up-to-date
home>
## Why do I have to push three times to get the 'Everyting up-to-date'
## message? Why does it still mention 'flipper' and 'tart' and all
## other branches I've played with. When I delte them locally, I want
## them to be deleted everywhere. They just keep accumulating.
##
## Now back a the other machine
desk> git pull
remote: Counting objects: 5, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
remote: Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done.
From shells.rcsreg.com:/home/git/toby/exposmart
66e7823..78e6c45 banana -> origin/banana
There is no tracking information for the current branch.
Please specify which branch you want to merge with.
See git-pull(1) for details.
git pull <remote> <branch>
If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch> banana
desk> git branch
* banana
master
desk> git pull origin banana
From shells.rcsreg.com:/home/git/toby/exposmart
* branch banana -> FETCH_HEAD
Updating 66e7823..78e6c45
Fast-forward
oracle | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
desk> cat oracle
message
other message
## So it seems to have worked, but the more I go back and forth
## The more I seem to have eventual problems getting branches
## and changes. Am I doing it right?
Thanks
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