Git Operations in CodeCommit
Explore how to connect to AWS CodeCommit repositories from your local environment using SSH and HTTPS. Learn to clone repositories, manage branches, add and commit files, and push changes securely using Git commands. This lesson helps you understand practical Git workflows for seamless collaboration with CodeCommit.
Some situations warrant being connected to the CodeCommit repository using SSH.
Here, we will explore how to do the following:
- Connect to a CodeCommit repository via SSH
- Work with branches using Git
Connect to a CodeCommit repository
After creating a CodeCommit repository, there is usually a need to work directly from a local development environment and then push those changes to CodeCommit.
Working on a local machine offers the flexibility of working on several files and branches intermittently. The changes from the other team members need to be pulled from the remote CodeCommit repository to a local environment to avoid losing track of significant changes.
Cloning a CodeCommit repository over an HTTPS connection
A CodeCommit repository can be easily cloned over an HTTPS connection by following the steps below:
- Configure Git to work with AWS CodeCommit. First, we set up a git-credential helper to use CodeCommit credential helper that automatically retrieves credentials for CodeCommit repositories. Second, we must configure Git to use the HTTP path when working with Git URLs over HTTPS.