Before begining, make sure your SSH keys are set so you can ssh to your Dreamhost account.
$ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub xxxxxx@cloverdale.dreamhost.com
(you'll need xxxxxx's password here)
$ ssh xxxxxx@cloverdale.dreamhost.comOn the Dreamhost server you should have a directory for your site (e.g. adubdub.com or ispeed.honeyimlost.com (if not, you'll need to make one). You now need to make a git repository for that site (at the same level in the tree) and initialize a bare repo: