Lab-7-git-remote.md

Explore git remote basics with self hosted GitLab.

Step 1: Create a project in the GitLab

repo-name: git-remote

Public or private?

Step 2: Clone the newly created repo

git clone git-remote
cd git-clone
ls -la # Notice the .git directory
git status # Nothing on branch, working tree is clean

Step 3: Make changes

echo "# Build Validation Demo" > README.md
git add README.md
git commit -m "init: initial commit"

Step 4: Push to the repo

mkdir app
echo "def add(a, b): return a + b" > app/calculator.py
mkdir tests
echo "from app.calculator import add
def test_add():
    assert add(2,3) == 5" > tests/test_calculator.py
echo 'pytest' > requirements.txt

Push the changes

git add .
git commit -m "feat: add simple app and test"
git push

Observe that every changes that we make is being pushed to the main repo, which is not good practice. Why?

Step 5: Clean up (Optional)

Clean the code base

cd ..
rm -r git-remote

Even if the code base is deleted, it is available on the remote (GitLab) until you delete it from the GitLab itself.