A git workflow using bundles

Disclaimer: I am a git n00b, so there are probably better ways to do this.

Below is the git workflow I use for cases when I do development on two boxes (named Local and Remote below), but there is no way to clone/fetch/pull directly.

(Local) Create the initial bundle and create a tag:

$ git bundle create toremote.bundle HEAD
$ git tag toremote

Transfer the bundle file to the remote computer.

(Remote) Initialize an empty repository, and pull from the bundle file:

$ mkdir repo
$ cd repo
$ git init
$ git pull /tmp/toremote.bundle

(Remote) Create a tag:

$ git tag fromlocal

You now do some bugfixing or development on the remote computer. Use git as normal and commit your changes.

(Remote) Then create a bundle containing your changes, and create a tag:

$ git bundle create tolocal.bundle fromlocal..HEAD
$ git tag -f tolocal

Transfer the bundle file to the local computer.

(Local) Pull from the bundle to update the local repository:

$ git pull tolocal.bundle
$ git tag -f fromremote

You then do some hacking on the local computer. Use git as normal and commit your changes.

(Local) Then create a bundle containing your changes, and create a tag:

$ git bundle create toremote.bundle toremote..HEAD
$ git tag -f toremote

Transfer the bundle file to the remote computer.

(Remote) Pull from the bundle and create a tag:

$ git pull /path/to/toremote.bundle
$ git tag -f fromlocal