Local Git Remotes

# local git remotes — alexander cobleigh Source: [https://cblgh.org/posts/local-git-remotes/](https://cblgh.org/posts/local-git-remotes/) As part of working on[cani](https://cblgh.org/cani)I was also using a variety of git remotes\. One of the remotes was hosted on a server I have at home\. Here’s how I set that up\. Let’s say the server has a project in a folder called`cani`\. This folder has the code and a`\.git/`directory: ``` /home/user/projects/cani ``` We can use the above folder to clone a*bare*repository \(can be used as a remote without causing weird conflicts\): ``` cd /home/user/bares git clone --bare /home/user/projects/cani # creates /home/user/bares/cani.git ``` To add this bare repository as a remote to push & pull from can look like a few different ways\. Here’s the remote while on the same machine: ``` git remote add local /home/user/bares/cani.git ``` Here’s how you can set up the remote when pushing from another machine: ``` git remote add local ssh://USER@MACHINE:/home/user/bares/cani.git ``` We can associate the branch`main`as the default branch for remote`local`: ``` git remote set-branches local main ``` Now we’re ready to push to our`local`remote\! ``` # without any config git push ssh://USER@MACHINE:/home/user/bares/cani.git # if remote configured with ssh://USER@ as above git push local ``` Pulling from the configured remote: ``` # without default branch git pull local main # with default branch branch `main` git pull local ``` For what it’s worth, the`ssh://USER@MACHINE`syntax can be replaced with any ssh config you might have set up locally\. Anyway\! I really liked working with a local remote, especially when working with offsite remotes with lower uptime\. Setting up a local remote made it a much more relaxing to use a remote that is maybe not always available\. In my own case, the offsite remote is a small community server that is getting massively hammered by big corporate scrapers\. Now I have the best of both: a local remote I can push to with no delay and an offsite copy hosted by a friend in an online community\. Notably, no big tech is involved\!