Setup Sourcetree to push on self-hosted repo

Question

Hello,

I know my question will sound stupid but I'm just getting started with git and I need your help.

I'm currently using Git with Bitbucket and Sourcetree and it's working perfectly.

Now I would like to be able to push my changes directly on the live website instead of pushing to our Bitbucket repo and then add the edited files 1 by 1 throught the FTP ...

I have the SSH credentials for my server and I tried a few stuffs but none are working.

Could anyone help? That would be very nice

Thanks

Tim Crall1 · Answer

You can do "git clone <url> ." to clone into the current working directory without creating a subdirectory.

In SourceTree, you can add a remote by going to Repository->Repository Settings

Charlotte Vial · Answer

Hello Tim,

Thanks for your help.

How can I do that using Sourcetree ? I tried to log to my server using the command and it works, I tried to clone my repo and it worked as well BUT it creates a folder all the time like http://www.mywebsite.com/myproject while I want it to be in the root.

My goal is to have a working version on my computer where I will work on and then to push the changes on the repo on Bitbucket and on my server.

Thanks

Tim Crall1 · Answer

SSH to you web server, change into the correct directory, and clone your git repo there.  Now you can update the webserver at any time by doing a "git pull" in that directory.  This would be the easiest way.

If you prefer to update it by doing a "git push" from your workstation, you should be able to do that as well.  Add the webserver as a second remote by using "git remote add webserver <url>".  It will take a little more work to get the paths and ports all set up correctly this way, though.