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Git ad-hoc sharing of repository

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Initially in your server computer(computer having git repo) say A, edit your gitconfig file

vim ~/.gitconfig

add the following

[alias]
serve = !git daemon –reuseaddr –verbose –base-path=. –export-all –enable=receive-pack ./.git

save it. now determine your computer’s ip-address via

ifconfig

to enable push run the following command

git config receive.denyCurrentBranch ignore

note the ip address of your computer and run git serve by typing

git serve

now in another computer SAY B, you can clone the repo using following command

git clone git://YOUR_IP_ADDRESS/ directory_to_add_repo_to

now you have cloned the repo
make edit, add, commit, pull and push, after the push operation you can close the connection in computer A by pressing [ctrl]+c
now you need to run git hard reset to see the changes in computer A, to do that run

git reset --hard

Now you can see the changes merged

Note: –hard Resets the index and working tree. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree since are discarded.