Is it possible to create a new VSTS Git remote repository from a Git client?
Right now, I have to go to visualstudio.com first to create the new repository before adding and pushing it from PC git, using the url created in VSTS.
I tried the following:
git remote add brandnew xx.visualstudio.com/PROJECT/_git/qqq
git push brandnew --all
where I am the owner of xx.visualstudio.com and PROJECT is an existing project, but qqq does not exist.
The above gives me:
remote: TF401019: The Git repository with name or identifier qqq does not exist or you do not have permissions for the operation you are attempting.
fatal: repository 'https://xx.visualstudio.com/PROJECT/_git/qqq/' not found
Yes, it's possible.
Even you can not create a VSTS git repo by git command line by default, but you can achieve it via git hooks.
And for the reason why you can create and publish new VSTS git repo via VS, it that VS will create the new VSTS git repo by API not by git commands.
So if you want achieve this feature in git command line, you can use pre-push hook for assistance. Functions need to achieve in pre-push hook as below:
Detect if the remote repo https://xx.visualstudio.com/PROJECT/_git/qqq exist or not.
If the repo is not exist in VSTS, then create by REST API.
Related
I was trying to pull the code from master to fork repository automatically through the azure pipeline. If any one know about this?
If you fork azure repo and want to automatically sync the Fork repo using VSTS Git, please follow below steps.
Supposed the url of original repo is https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_git/test, and the url of forked repo is https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_git/test_fork.
If you click "Clone" button in test repository, you will see below panel.
Clicking "Generate Git Credentials" button will show the following panel.
So we can use command git remote add upstream https://username:password#dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_git/test to specify it as the upstream of test_fork repo in script.
Now creating a build pipeline using Microsoft-hosted Windows agents, setting the test_fork as the source.
Adding the Command Line task with below script.
git remote add upstream https://username:password#dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_git/test
git fetch upstream
git rebase upstream/master
git push -f origin HEAD:master
Queuing a new build and it will succeed to sync the test_fork repo using VSTS Git.
You can also configure schedules for this pipeline. Now everything is done.
If you use GitHub repo, please refer to this thread for guidance.
I'm trying to clone a GIT repository in TFS using git-tfs using TFS 2012
git tfs clone http://sourcecontrol.oldcompanyname.local:8080/tfs/foo $/companyname/myrepository . --b=all --resumable
Gives me:
error: the path $/companyname/myrepository you want to clone doesn't exist!
I have an empty repository called /companyname/myrepository in my github account
(the urls and names are genericized for the public post)
Git TFS is for converting TFVC repositories to local Git repositories. It has nothing to do with GitHub. Once you have a local repo, you can add a GitHub remote and push it there.
The clone URL should be the path to your TFS instance, stopping at the project collection. http://companyname.local:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection.
The next part is the path to a folder in the TFVC repository. If you have a team project named Foo and you want to clone the Main branch, you'd specify $/Foo/Main.
We have on-premises installed GIT. There we have our code repositories.
Is it possible to connect a repository from this on-premises instance to Visual studio team services project?
So they display under "Code" bar?
vsts
I need it hosted on premises, but see code changes/commits and other GIT stuff in VSTS project
No, it isn’t supported to display files or code of another repository under Code bar. You need to import that repository to the repository in VSTS. After that, you can push updates to VSTS repository if there are changes in your on-premises git repository.
You can't connect on premise GIT to VSTS. You may however use the VSTS rest APIs to push in code from your on premise GIT to VSTS.
Typically you will setup a hook/trigger on your on premise GIT repo in order to automate the replication process.
As others have said, you can have a "git hook", which is basically a git trigger to take action on some event. In this case, when code is pushed, to push it up to VSTS, but I assume you need to know the technical commands.
I had to do this the opposite way, and I did this quick and dirty. This pushes everything in one go, not each commit. This can also catch up a repo that is behind.
# Clone source repo (your local git repo)
git clone some_repo_path_goes_here
# I am skipping steps and assuming you are only syncing master branch.
# I have code to get all branches down before proceeding, but not posting it here.
# Assuming tags are on master branch..
# Get all tags
git fetch origin --tags
# Test to see if remote alias already exists
git ls-remote http://path_to_.visualstudio.com/org/project/_git/TargetRepoSameName
# Add a remote alias
git remote add any_name_123 http://path_to_.visualstudio.com/org/project/_git/TargetRepoSameName
# push local repo to 'any_name_123'
git push any_name_123 --all
# optional: delete all tags before attempting to push local tags
git push any_name_123 --delete `$(git tag -l)
# push local tags to remote repo
git push any_name_123 --tags
You can schedule this job if you would like. I have a PowerShell job to do this with a lot more functions to do pull down the branches.
I need to export an Eclipse project to GitHub. I am using Eclipse-Mars with the eGit plugin. I have spent hours reading documentation, tutorials, and posts and see that there are basically two ways
Create an Eclipse project and a local Git repository. Commit to local repository. Create a repository on GitHub. Push the Eclipse project to the repository on GitHub. When I try this, I get the error "rejected non-fast-forward". I have no idea why. I did create a .gitignore on GitHub when I created the repository - is that causing a problem?
Create a repository on GitHub. In Eclipse, clone this repository and then add files. Commit to local repository, then push. This works, but I end up with a weird configuration on GitHub:
reponame/myprojname/src
when I would prefer the more normal
reponame/src
Which method is the correct way to proceed? Why do I get the push error in the first method, and why the strange folder layout in the second?
You first need to pull the github code into you local machine.
=> git remote add origin
=> git pull origin master
will automatically fetch and merge the github repo with your local copy. You may need to resolve some conflicts that could be generated due to 3-way merge.
After all this, you can use -
=> git push -u origin master
For the second Point,
If you want src/ directory directly under reponame/ on github, then you should execute git clone after creating the project in eclipse and git clone should be executed inside the myprojectname/ directory.
When you created the .gitignore file on GitHub, you created a commit in the repository that isn't in your local copy. You'll need to add the GitHub repo as a remote, pull the change, and then push your local changes:
git remote add origin <path to your repository>
git pull origin master
git push -u origin master
How to set a GITHub user name in the below Git clone command?. I am new to GIT HUB and planning to keep this command in .travis.yml file.
My .travis.yml file should execute irrespective of the Git Hub user. Could you please help me in setting this up.
git clone https://github.com/**gitgubusername**/repositoryname/
If the repository is public, you don't need to setup a user.
The git clone command itself will be enough.
Travis will infer the url from where the .travis-ci.yml file is.
For private repos accessed by Travis, see "Private Dependencies".