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Using GIT and GitHub with Web Hosting

Update 06/05/2026

This guide details how to create a GIT repository on both your Web Hosting and your Cloud Server with Infomaniak.

 

Introduction

  • GIT and GitHub are available by default on both of the aforementioned platforms.

 

Creating the GIT repository

Setup on the server:

  • The GIT repository is located at /git_depot
  • The website is located in the /web/[project] folder (on your FTP server)

Commands to enter:

cd
mkdir git_depot
cd git_depot/
git init --bare [projet].git
cd [projet].git
git update-server-info

 

Sending the local repository to the server

To be done on the local machine:

git init
git remote add origin ssh://user@[xxxxx].ftp.infomaniak.com:/home/clients/[123456789]/git_depot/[projet].git
git status
git add .
git commit -a -m "init"
git push --set-upstream origin master
git push

 

Cloning the website to the server directory

To be done on the server:

cd
cd web
rm -r [projet]/
git clone /home/clients/[123465789]/git_depot/[projet].git [projet]/

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