On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:04 PM, me 1 <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote:

> On Sunday, August 18, 2013 6:13:38 PM UTC-4, Jim Toth wrote:
>>>
>>> There are a few ways to go; probably the best way is to set up a bare 
>>> repository that you push and pull from in both places, but I'd probably add 
>>> the development environment as a remote in the in-production directory.
>>>
>>> cd /path/to/production/repository
>>> git remote add devel /path/to/development/directory
>>> git merge --ff-only devel/master
>>>
>>> (--ff-only because I'm paranoid -- that will give you the same sort of 
>>> warnings that "git push" would give you if you the trees had diverged).
>>>
>>
>>
>> So you're saying adding to the development environment as a remote in the 
>> in-production directory is an alternative to using a bare repository then?  
>>
>
> Yes.
>  
>
>> I'm new to git and just trying to find an easy way, if using bare 
>> repositories is necessary, I don't think git is very good for this at all, 
>> its too much trouble for what its worth.  (except for extremely large 
>> environments, which is rare)
>>
>
> I'd say what it's good for is multi-user environments. Or single-user 
> environments, if that user happens to be familiar with git.  :-)
>
>
ok, then here is the problem:

$ git merge preprod/master
fatal: 'preprod/master' does not point to a commit

$ git remote -v
preprod /etc/puppet/environments/
preprod/puppet/ (fetch)
preprod /etc/puppet/environments/preprod/puppet/ (push)

$ pwd
/etc/puppet
 

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