I'm testing and developing in an OpenShift All-in-One cluster in a VM. I needed my local working branch of a git repository cloned in my VM. I compiled bits and pieces of my web search into this post, so hopefully when the next developer searches the title of this blog they'll find this!
Substitute in the commands below:
REPO=repoToClone
WORKING_BRANCH=workingBranchName
BARE_REPO="$REPO-bare"
PATH_TO_REPOS=/path/to/your/repo
REPO_PATH=/path/to/your/repo/$REPO
BARE_REPO_PATH=/path/to/your/repo/$BARE_REPO
PUBLIC_DNS_OF_VM
VM_USER=output of 'echo ${USER}' from VM
Run these commands while ssh'd into the VM. I recommend putting these in a script so you can easily sync your local repositories to your VM whenever necessary:
sudo mkdir -p $PATH_TO_REPOS
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $PATH_TO_REPOS
cd $PATH_TO_REPOS
git init --bare $BARE_REPO
git clone $BARE_REPO_PATH $REPO_PATH
cd $REPO
touch file.txt && git add . && git commit -m 'added a file so I could create a working branch'
git push origin master
Here is output of the above commands:
In local machine, clone your git repository to the VM $BARE_REPO:
cd $REPO_PATH
git push -q ssh://$VM_USER@$PUBLIC_DNS_OF_VM$BARE_REPO_PATH --force --verbose
Here is output from the git push:
SSH back into VM and run these:
cd $REPO_PATH
git pull (this will open a git vim window, enter 'wq' to continue merge)
git checkout $WORKING_BRANCH
Finally, here is a screenshot of the repository contents and branch name in the VM:
