How to set up a repository using git-ftp?

Question

I'm a newbie so please explain how to set up a repository?
I installed git-ftp.
I tried : git ftp init -u my_User-p my_Pass - ftp://host.example.com/public_html

but I got this error message :

fatal : Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal : Not a Git project? Existing ....

terminal screenshot

Solution 1

You have to setup a git repositor first:

Enter your Project directory:

cd my/Project/

Init a git repository on it:

git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"

Configure you FTP:

git config git-ftp.user demouser
git config git-ftp.url ftp.example.com/demofolder
git config git-ftp.password demopassword

Init the git-ftp client:

git ftp init

Push your changes to FTP:

git ftp push

Make your changes and commit:

git add someFile.html
git commit -m "Added someFile.html"

Push your changes again and only what have changed is pushed:

git ftp push

That's it.

Solution 2

I found a ftp git tool which is much easier to use: Ftp-Git. It's a GUI ftp deployment tool which can push changed files in git repository to your ftp server. (All in a GUI way)

Comments

[Naghi Attila]

I followed the tutorial from this website anantgarg.com/2013/09/25/git-ftp-for-windows and finally it worked, but i can I pull/push/commit now ?

[kds]

I believe initially you have not used the git ftp init. Good that it works now. Also Im no clear on your question.

[Naghi Attila]

my question is now using an IDE (e.g sublime text) how can i commit/push/pull data ?

[Phil Ricketts]

This worked for me. FTP is a bit slow, especially for uploading thousands of files. I'd recommend uploading a zip and extracting on the server for initial commits, then use git FTP push often with this slow speed in mind, it's not so bad for smaller commits.

[Muhammad Wasim Akram]

Yes. Its very usefull for daily bases activites. Like if you worked on 100 files , you just push on git and simply run git ftp push command. And they will also present on Cpanel. Its pretty cool