Sharing a same Git repository on 2 computers

[Benjamin Melki]

Hi,

first thanks for the great service you are providing.

i'm using webstorm on ComputerA and B.

On computerA, I correctly set webstorm to use GIT repository on Bitbucket, and i'm able to push my commits there.

Now, on computerB, where I also have webstorm installed, I would like to retrieve the same repository from Bitbucket -> ComputerB. Also I would like to be able to make change from computer A or B, and have it synch on both computers, from Bitbucket repository.

How should I do to get files copied from the repository into computerB? Should I create several users on Bitbucket ? Because I try to access bitbucket on computerB with same user.

So I tried to setup access to same repository on computerB, then "fetched" project: that was successfull but no file were downloaded. So what should I do ?

[Deleted user · Accepted solution]

It's not a problem to use the same Bitbucket account to clone a repository to a multiple computers and work independently on the computers and sync the changes via Bitbucket repository. I have several cases where I do exactly that - it's just a normal git workflow.

Think it this way: from git point of view the following cases are equal:

• user A has three clones of a repository in three different computers
• users A B and C each have a single clone of a repository in their own computers

In both cases commits can be made to all the local repositories and pushed to and pulled from Bitbucket.

[Seth]

I agree that this is the best way. But the OP's own answer says (paraphrased): I cloned to both machines and tried pulling to each. It works, but I don't know if it is a viable solution.

I'm not sure why he says that it might not be viable, but if he doesn't want to have to pull, things are going to get complicated.

[Jatin]

I am implementing a similar workflow. Did it work in the long run as expected?

I found this link here which suggests that having different SSH keys for both the machines is best practice. 

[Benjamin Melki]

Hi thanks for your answers, I confirm I got that working.
From computerA I initally pushed my app code into bitbucket.
Then on computerB, from webstorm I chose to clone from VCS first thing, then choose, Git, then specified my bitbucket URL. This cloned the content online into computerB.

Now, whenever I make a change on one computer, I comit and push, and on the other computer I go into the concerned branch and update project. And I got all the changes, so it works as intended.

It's not a problem that I have to comit / push / update, sorry if I was not clear Seth.

[Seth]

No problem. You are doing it the right way.

[Benjamin Melki]

I tried to clone git directory on both machines, then pull the changes to update code on both... seems to work, but not sure if its a viable way

[Timothy]

What you're asking is not possible using Git. What you should do if you want to work like that is to put the code in a shared folder that both PC's will use.

[Seth]

If the project is small enough, use a tool like DropBox that keeps files in sync AND local (Git sometimes has odd problems operating on network shares). As long as the entire repository is in DropBox (including .git/) you should get the result you're looking for.

Note: Do NOT attempt to modify the repository on both computers at the same time using this method.

[Deleted user]

Err ... I fail to see why this can't be accomplished. Every git repository clone is a first-class citizen and can work with numerous remote repositories. I have several cases where I have cloned a repository from Bitbucket to multiple computers using the same account and I keep them sync via Bitbucket - that's just a normal git workflow.

[Seth]

I interpret Benjamin's question (especially after reading his second answer) as wanting his repositories to stay in sync without the extra step of pulling.