How to reference a git repository?

Question

What should the actual path to a git repository 'file' be? It's common practise when cloning from github to do something like:

git clone https://[email protected]/repo.git

And I'm used to that.

If I init a repo on my local machine using git init, what is the 'git file' for me to reference? I'm trying tot setup Capifony with a Symfony2 project and need to set the repository path. Specifying the folder of the repository isn't working. Is there a .git file for each repository I should be referencing?

Edit:

So for example, if I do the following:

mkdir /path/to/project cd /path/to/project git init

What should my path be to reference that git repo?

• /path/to/project?
• /path/to/project/?
• /path/to/project.git?
• /path/to/project/.git?

Edit2:

So this is an excerpt from the Capifony config:

set   :application,   "My App"
set   :deploy_to,     "/var/www/my-app.com"
set   :domain,        "my-app.com"

set   :scm,           :git
set   :repository,    "ssh-gitrepo-domain.com:/path/to/repo.git"

role  :web,           domain
role  :app,           domain, :primary => true

set   :use_sudo,      false
set   :keep_releases, 3

I need to set my repository to a local repo, which I've been trying to do with all combinations of the previous paths like:

set   :repository,    "file:///c:/path/to/repo.git"

But no path works to my (valid) git repo?

Answer 1

When you use the command git init it initiates an repository in the folder your bash is located at that moment. It will create a folder .git and all the folders and files that belong to the same parent folder might be added to the git repository.

E.g.

Will result in:

Realize this is an hidden folder.

EDIT

To push to a local repository you will need to create a second repository using the command git init --bare, it will make the repository pushable. Let's consider you created the second repository at c:/path/to/repo, so, it will have the .git folder in it.

With your bash at the first git repo, use git remote add origin file:///c:/path/to/repo.

Then push the first repo to the origin by using push origin --all, it will push to the second repo you created.