Does Matlab Git work in this way??

There are two of us working on a project, ie. we are both working on TEST.m; we've created a remote repo on our shared network (say S:/ drive). We each individually cloned the remote repo on S:/ into our local working directory.

There is a copy of TEST.m on the remote repo, as well, as in our local repos. Now, I've made a change to my copy of TEST.m in local, I then commit and pushed the changes to the remote repo.

Now the question is, should I be seeing the changes on S:/TEST.m when I right-click and view in notepad?

Thanks.

Answer 1

[OCDER]

Yes, if you pushed changes to the remote repo, S:/TEST.m should be the new one. Your colleague will have the old version of TEST.m, which much be synced (via Fetch) before he/she can push changes to the remote repo. Likely, your colleague must resolve any conflicting edits on TEST.m before pushing changes (Matlab will give warnings that changes were made to the remote repo).

[lzxh]

Thanks Donald. However, the problem I am having right now is... after I've edited my local copy of TEST.m, and I've pushed the changes to the remote repo, S:/TEST.m isn't being updated (ie, when I view in notepad it is same as the old one).

Any thoughts?

[OCDER]

Did you view and commit changes before pushing changes to remote directory?

1. Source Control > View and Commit Changes...
2. Select files you want to commit changes to your repo
3. Source Control > Push

[lzxh]

My menu selection is different, it has "Source Control > Commit All to Git Repository" which I clicked on. And then I use Source Control > Push.

[OCDER]

Hm, I think you're pushing to the Git website, not S:/. Does the repo have a git website, and are you asked to login every time you try to push?

[lzxh]

No, I don't believe so. When I selected the repository in Source Control > Manage Files, I've selected created the repo in S:\.

It doesn't ask me to login every time I try.

[OCDER]

Interesting... I also get the same issue when using a shared drive. Changes cannot be fetched or pushed between the local and remote repository. Hopefully someone else or a MathWorks member can answer this for you. If you don't get a response, try asking at the Bug Reports site.

I'm guessing the current Git features were designed to use github.com as the "remote" repository, instead of the S:\, hence this usage may not be supported.

[lzxh]

Thanks Donald. Good to know it is not just me. I tried to set remote repo to a shared drive in git command line, and it works; so I just assumed, it would work the same in Matlab GUI.