Share your repository with others

On your machine

Install SSH: Make sure that openshh server is installed, otherwise other developer will not be able to pull code from your machine.

sudo apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client

Create a new user: This is necessary if you don't want to share your password with others.

sudo useradd -m USER_NAME

Example:

sudo useradd -m guru

Setting the password for newly created user: Other developer will use this password to get your code.

sudo passwd USER_NAME

Example:

sudo passwd guru

Create a group: If you have created a new user, then this is necessary to create a group.

sudo groupadd GROUP_NAME

Example:

sudo groupadd developers

Add new user to this group: Add your own user and above created user to this new group. Why? wait.

sudo usermod -G GROUP_NAME USER_NAME

Repeat above command to add your own user_name to this group. Example:

sudo usermod -G developers guru

Change the ownership of repository directory: Now the new user and your own user will have rights to read the content of the repository, that's why we create a group.

sudo chgrp GROUP_NAME REPO_DIR

Example:

sudo chgrp developers ~/MyProject

On another machine

Add remote: Add a new remote location to your existing repository which was cloned from a common repository online e.g. github

git remote add REMOTE_NAME ssh://@/path/to/repo_dir

Example:

git remote add buddy ssh://guru@192.168.1.33/home/sumit/MyProject

To see the list of remotes: Verify new remote is successfully added.

git remote -v

To see the list of branches on remote

git ls-remote --heads REMOTE_NAME

Example:

git ls-remote --heads buddy

Pull remote branch

git pull REMOTE_NAME BRANCH_NAME

Example:

git pull buddy new_feature