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How to set up a remote (non-bare) Git repository with read-only checkout of some branch to automatically update on push. This assumes you have already created a regular repository in the remote location already; typically just "git init".
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setup-readonly-git-remote-with-checkout
cat > .git/hooks/post-receive <<EOF
#!/bin/bash
set -e
cd ..
unset GIT_DIR
git reset --hard HEAD --
# put any additional cleanup/reload commands here
EOF
chmod ug+rx .git/hooks/post-receive
git config receive.denyCurrentBranch ignore
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xkr47 commented Jan 10, 2014

This should be run in the root of the remote repository

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xkr47 commented Jan 10, 2014

If you have multiple users accessing this repository, you probably want to apply https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5306768/file-permission-issues-with-sharing-a-git-remote-repository

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