OGG… How can I push my repository to githab and gitlab remote at once?

Problem

Suppose you’re working on a local Git branch named feature/ml-prediction-enhancement. You want to push this project to both GitHub and GitLab.

▶  Example

• you might want to push your code to GitHub for version control and collaboration while also deploying it to a Heroku server for hosting your application.

Solution

In Git, you can indeed configure multiple remote repositories for a single project. This allows you to push your project to different hosting services, such as GitHub and GitLab, simultaneously.

▶  Steps

Here’s how you can set this up:

1. Add Multiple Remotes by using git remote add command
2. Check Your Remotes with git remote -v
3. Pushing to Multiple Remotes

▶  Commands

Suppose you’re working on a local Git project named hoshinokirby. You want to push this project to both GitHub and GitLab.

# Step 1: Add multiple Remotes
git remote add github https://github.com/user-name/hoshinokirby.git
git remote add gitlab https://gitlab.com/user-name/hoshinokirby.git

# Step 2: Check Your Remotes
git remote -v

output should be like below:

github    https://github.com/user-name/hoshinokirby.git (fetch)
github    https://github.com/user-name/hoshinokirby.git (push)
gitlab    https://gitlab.com/user-name/hoshinokirby.git (fetch)
gitlab    https://gitlab.com/user-name/hoshinokirby.git (push)

Then,

# Step 3: Push to Both Remotes:
git push github feature/ml-prediction-enhancement
git push gitlab feature/ml-prediction-enhancement

🍵 Green Tea Break: Delete a Remote

f you have added the wrong remote in your Git repository and want to delete it, you can do so using the git remote remove command. Removing a remote only affects your local configuration and does not impact the remote repository itself.

# remove the remote
git remote remove <remote-name>

# shorthand version
git remote rm <remote-name>

Before running the above commands, make sure to double-check the remote name to avoid accidental deletions.

Automate Pushing to Both Remotes by shellscript

The following script is designed to push a specified branch to all configured Git remotes.

#!/bin/bash
#--------------------------------------
# Description
#   The script iterates over each remote and pushes the specified branch to it 
#   using the git push command. The script retrieves the list of configured Git remotes 
#   using the git remote command and stores it in the variable REMOTES.
#   If no remotes are found, the script prints an error message and exits with a status code of 1.
#--------------------------------------


# Check if branch name is provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <branch-name>"
  exit 1
fi

# Define the branch name
BRANCH_NAME=$1

# Get the list of remotes
REMOTES=$(git remote)

# Check if there are any remotes configured
if [ -z "$REMOTES" ]; then
  echo "No remotes found. Please configure a remote repository."
  exit 1
fi

# Push to each remote
echo "$REMOTES" | while read -r REMOTE; do
    git push "$REMOTE" "$BRANCH_NAME"
done

exit 0

To use this script, follow these steps:

1. Save the script to a file, e.g., push_to_remotes.sh
2. Make the script executable:

chmod +x push_to_remotes.sh

3. Run the script with the branch name as an argument:

./push_to_remotes.sh <branch-name>