Re: git-ftp: retry, sftp support

[Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>]

2011/7/18 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>:
> Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> René, Timo,
>>
>> Thanks for git-ftp -- it has saved me from going crazy with low cost
>> hosting setups that only support ftp.
>
> Could you give us a link?  It isn't in git core, is it?

git remote -v
origin	git://github.com/BeezyT/git-ftp.git (fetch)
origin	git://github.com/BeezyT/git-ftp.git (push)

> How git-ftp differs from ftp / ftps remote helper (git-remote-ftp etc.)?

AIUI, the ftp/ftps remote helpers are to keep a git _repo_ on a server
that runs ftp.

This git-ftp is a "deploy the tip of my branch onto a production
server" tool. The usage model is

 - hack on your html/php website on your dev machine, in a git checkout
 - commit your code
 - use git-ftp to publish to the hosting server

Maybe it should be called "git ftpdeploy".  It's a handy trick. I
found it via http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2950107/git-push-into-production-ftp




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