How to create new repository in self hosted Git Server

In this tutorial we will learn,how to create new repository in self hosted Git Server.Previously, I have written a post on setting own git server in CentOS and Ubuntu.

Follow the given below steps to create new repo in self hosted Git Server

Step 1: Login to Server with root and then switch to Git Server user which maintains the Git.

Note: Here, existing user name is git,which we are using in Git Server,if you have any other user replace the word git from command

ssh root@server-IP-address

su -l git     

Step 2: Now change to repository directory. Create a new directory for repository (use .git as suffix with repo name,eg. test-repo.git)
Change to new repo directory and initialize the git for the new repo.And then run the command
git update-server-info for updating the Git Server information.

$ cd repositories
$ mkdir test-repo.git
$ cd test-repo.git
$ git --bare init
$ git update-server-info

Now new git repository is created.