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Eric Drake
6,339 PointsHow do I clone a private repo via SSH?
I manage a Ubuntu server for intranet web projects. I would like to clone a repo from that server onto my local dev environment. The project in question utilizes a PHP framework, and all requests are redirected to the public directory of the project. The .git file, however, is located in the directory above the public directory.
I've seen that GitHub allows users to clone a repo via SSH. This could be a potential fix to my problem, but the catch is that I can't upload my company's intranet sites onto GitHub. Is there a way to use SSH to clone privately managed git repos? If not, is there a workaround for cloning a repository in which the .git folder is not in the site's web root directory?
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there, Eric Drake! Have you taken a look yet at setting up the server specifically for use with git? If not, take a look at this documentation which explains how to set up your server to handle git repositories through SSH. The instructions here are presented with the assumption that you're running a standard Linux distribution like Ubuntu.
Hope this helps!
