How to Deploy a Website to a Remote Server Using GIT

Using git to deploy your website to your remote server

1.  ssh into your server and make a directory.
   
   mkdir -p /var/repo/website.git

2. cd /var/repo/website.git/

   git init --bare

3. cd hooks

   nano post-receive

4. #!/bin/sh

   git --work-tree=path_to_website_folder --git-dir=path_to_git_directory checkout -f name_of_branch

5. chmod +x post-receive
6. git init git remote add name_of_repository ssh://your_user@server_ip_address/path_to_git_directory
7. git push name_of_repository name_of_branch