How do I setup my local Git repository to work with a remote server?

Question

I'm trying to get up and running with git. I have set up a repository on my remote server, where my live site sits. I want to do some work locally on a copy of that site, then push the changes back to the remote server.

How can I checkout/clone a copy of the site from the remote repository?

Can I do this via the Netbeans Git plugin?

Answer 1

If you repo is already set up, you should have git URL to it, it typically looks like

git://server/somerepo.git

to clone repository

git clone git://server/somerepo.git

you will get folder somerepo, it will be cloned repository that you own. As soon as you ready to push changes:

git add -A
git commit -m 'my changes'
git push origin master