Adding as a remote to a local git repository, a pushable remote repository residing on a sshable server

Many people ask me how do I manage my work repositories since it is advisable to do all development on your PC and a headache to trace any change, from local repository to the test machine using scp or rsync each time a change is made. Fortunately, git has a easier way! The alternative is to add as a remote to a local git repository, a pushable remote repository residing on a sshable server. The steps are as follows:

//At the server's ssh

mkdir some_project

cd some_project/

git init

git checkout -b test #as we cannot push to a checked out branch at the server from our laptops.

//On my pc

git clone git/url/to/some_project.git 

cd some_project/

#Add pushable repo. which we inited on the server, as a remote to this local repo.

git remote add remote_name user@remote.server:/path/to/GIT/repo/some_project/

#check if added

git remote -v

#Clear firewall to remote server, if needed

#push desired branch(es)(say master) to the init-ed blank repo on the remote server.

git push remote_name master 

//At the server ssh prompt to see the changes

git checkout master 

ls

Voila! There's all your work!
Next time, you make any changes, in a separate branch, you just need to perform the push step at your PC and checkout the new branch on your server :D