1. Navigate to your Documents folder.
2. Right click and select Git Bash Here. This opens a terminal. Since you opened Git Bash inside the Documents folder, the terminal prompt should look like this:

   user@computer MINGw64 ~/Documents
   $

3. In the terminal, run the following command to ensure the dreamhost-git-key.pub you saved above is in this Documents directory.

   [server]$ ls -la | grep dreamhost
   dreamhost-git-key.pub

   The terminal outputs the name of the public key file you saved.

   

   To run the following commands, you need the name of your DreamHost server and the user/pass your website is under. View the following articles to locate this information:

   Additionally, the DreamHost website username you're running the command with must be configured as a Shell user. View the following article on instructions on how to configure this:

   • Creating a user with Shell access
4. Run the following command to upload your public key to your DreamHost server (make sure to use your website's user and server name):

   [local ~]$ cat ~/Documents/dreamhost-git-key.pub | ssh [email protected] "mkdir ~/.ssh; cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
   

   You may receive the following error when running this command:

   mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/username/.ssh': File exists

   This simply means the /.ssh directory already exists on the web server. If you see this, remove the portion of the command that creates the directory and run again. For example:

   [local ~]$ cat ~/Documents/dreamhost-git-key.pub | ssh [email protected] "cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
   

5. Log into your DreamHost server via SSH:

   [local ~]$ ssh [email protected]
   

6. Confirm your key has been added to the DreamHost server by running the following (this should output your key):

   [local ~]$ cat ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

7. Create a new directory for your new remote repository on your DreamHost server. If this code is meant to update your existing website, you could name it the same as your website ending in .git. For example, something like example.com.git.

   Since this is a remote repository and not a working repository, the directory name you create must end with .git. You can then checkout this repository in the future to work on it.

   [server]$ cd ~
   [server]$ mkdir example.com.git
   [server]$ cd ~/example.com.git
   [server]$ git init --bare
   [server]$ exit
   

1. Navigate to your project folder.

   

2. Right click and then select Git Bash Here. This opens up a terminal that's already running Git.
3. Run the following to create your user and email to be used with Git:

   [local ~]$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
   [local ~]$ git config --global user.email [email protected]
   

   This creates a .gitconfig file under your username.
4. Run the following in your project directory to initialize the repository and create your first commit:

   [server]$ git init
   [server]$ git add .
   [server]$ git commit -m "First Commit"
   

   
5. When you initialize the repository, a directory titled .git is created. By default, you cannot see this in Windows. If you'd like to view hidden files (files that start with a period), click View in the top menu. To the right, check the box for hidden files. You do not need to view this .git folder to proceed with these steps. This is just a way for you to see your commands have created the local repository.
6. Add the remote repository. Make sure to user your user and server name.

   [local ~]$ git remote add dreamhost ssh://[email protected]/~/example.com.git
   [local ~]$ git push -u dreamhost master
   

7. Check your DreamHost server to confirm the repository was correctly pushed by following the instructions in the next section. 

1. Log into your DreamHost server via SSH.
   When you run git status in the /example.com.git directory, you'll receive the following error because it's a bare repository:

   [server]$ git status
   fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree

2. Clone the repo to a new location by running the following in your user's directory:

   [server]$ mkdir ~/clonedproject.git
   [server]$ cd ~/clonedproject.git
   [server]$ git clone ~/example.com.git ~/clonedproject.git
   [server]$ ls -la
   

   This directory contains all the files you pushed from your local machine.

View the following article for instructions on how to push changes on your local computer to your live website.

• Using Git for web development