Setting up GIT Repositories and Automating Pushes to BitBucket

Overview

This is a step-by-step process for setting up Git repositories, connecting them to Bitbucket, and creating a script to automatically push changes to Bitbucket on a nightly basis.

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1. Setting Up a Local Git Repository

1. Launch Git GUI

2. Create the Repository:

   • In the Git GUI, click on Create New Repository.

   • Browse to and select the folder where you want the repository to be created.

   • Click Create.

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2. Connecting the Local Repository to Bitbucket

1. Clone the Bitbucket Repository:

   • Log in to your Bitbucket account.

   • Navigate to the repository you want to connect.

   • Click Clone.

   • Ensure https is selected, not ssh.

   • Copy everything that comes after git clone.

2. Add the Bitbucket Repository as a Remote:

   • In Git GUI, go to the Remote menu and select Add.

   • For Name, use origin (or any preferred name).

   • For Location, enter the URL of the Bitbucket repository (e.g., https://username@bitbucket.org/username/repository_name.git).

   • Click Add.

3. Configure Repository Access Tokens:

   • For each repository, you need to create an access token in Bitbucket. Follow the instructions here: Create a Repository Access Token.

   • Inside of the directory, from the “web1” command line, EDIT the following commands to update your repository settings to use the access token instead of your personal credentials:

   git remote set-url origin https://username:access_token@bitbucket.org/username/repository_name.git

   git config user.email "bot_email_address"

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3. Automating Nightly Backups

1. Create the Backup Script:

   • Reviews scripts in “D:\scripts” for structure and setup. There is a single Git Shell script (.sh) for each repository so they can be run individually.

   • Create a new file named push_XXXX.sh to match the repository 1:1.

   • Copy the “git” lines from another script, adjusting the folder name to the folder connected to the repository on each line.

   • The script adds all types of code files we want to backup, commits (all new files, all new folders, etc.) and then pushes.

   • The -C and full path “knows” to run in the .GIT setup in that folder to the right Bitbucket connection already setup.

2. Test the Script:

   • Double click to launch the script to ensure it works.

3. Add the Script to “ALL”

   • Add a new line to push_ALL.sh with the new script. The “.” is critical.

   • This will then be included in the already setup nightly process (more below)

4. Subscribe on BitBucket

   • If you wish to get nightly notification emails when each is run, subscribe to them on Bitbucket for each repository.

   • This is under the three dots upper right, Manage Notifications, and check Commits.

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4. How the Nightly Process is setup

1. Launch Windows Task Scheduler

   • “Git Push Web Code to BitBucket” runs nightly at 11pm

   • It launches D:\scripts\push_ALL.bat which is a Batch file that properly runs the Git Shell script via the Git command line.