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Nick Basile
Nick Basile
17,942 Points
Posted by Nick Basile
Nick Basile
17,942 Points

Integrating Vagrant and Github

Hi everyone! Sorry if this is a super simple question, but I was hoping someone could provide me with a good explanation for this. How can I use Github with Vagrant?

Right now I am working on a Laravel project using Homestead in a Vagrant machine, and I would love to have some version control for my work. Do I just need to set up a repository in my Github account or is it a more involved process?

Thanks for the help!

4 Answers

Brian Fallon
Brian Fallon
4,733 Points
Brian Fallon
Brian Fallon
4,733 Points

Your vagrant box is essentially just a VM so you should be fine just creating a Github repo for your project, no further config from there, assuming we are talking about the project inside the Vagrant box.

If you are looking to have version control over your Vagrantfile then you would also have to add that to a git repo if you're looking to be able to change config stuff around when spinning up new boxes.

Nick Basile
Nick Basile
17,942 Points
Nick Basile
Nick Basile
17,942 Points

Thanks Brian, that was just the answer I was looking for!

masterpowers
masterpowers
3,061 Points
masterpowers
masterpowers
3,061 Points

Tell us what OS are you Using Coz im Using Windows 7 I can help you out

Nick Basile
Nick Basile
17,942 Points
Nick Basile
Nick Basile
17,942 Points

I'm on OS X Yosemite.

masterpowers
masterpowers
3,061 Points
masterpowers
masterpowers
3,061 Points

Get bitbucket account or Github

The sample below is for bitbucket, it should work also with github

For example, if you have an existing project to push up: cd /path/to/my/repo git remote add origin ssh://git@bitbucket.org/username/bbreponame.git git push -u origin --all

Or if you are starting from scratch:

mkdir /path/to/your/project cd /path/to/your/project git init git remote add origin ssh://git@bitbucket.org/username/bbreponame.git