How to set the root application directory?

September 22, 2014 4k views
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I have created my first droplet, but I don’t know how to set the root application directory?
I tried to create a folder for my app name in /home/dokku/app_name
Then, I did cd app_name and then git init
Then I added a remote repo:

git remote add dokku root@do.mydomain.com:app_name

But, when try to push I get error:

fatal: 'app_name' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

How to configure this? How to set the root application directory?

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txgruppi September 22, 2014

You don’t have to create any directory on the host. Remove any folders or files you created.

When you run git push dokku <branch> dokku will automatically create the directories and files needed.

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  • hopewise September 22, 2014

    I know that pushing a repo content will create the folders and files, I always used in at heroku, but here I still need to map the remote repo to the app folder, which I still don’t know how to do it.

    When I try:

    git push dokku master
    I get:
    fatal: ‘app_name’ does not appear to be a git repository
    fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

  • txgruppi September 22, 2014

    Try added the remote as dokku@do.mydomain.com:app_name and make sure to delete all files and folders you created, /home/dokku/app_name must be created by the dokku script.

  • hopewise September 22, 2014

    Thanks, I found the answer, here

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