git - Push from github to heroku without downloading repo

Question

I have a github repo that I want to push to a heroku node. A 3rd host will be co-ordinating this. As I'm going to be doing this on a large scale I want to avoid having to download the contents of the repo onto the 3rd host. How do I do it?

Answer 1

You can't push straight from Github to Heroku.

You're going to have to use the third host to coordinate the push. This could be fired from a Github post-receive hook.

To sync straight across use something like:

git remote add github git@github.com:user/repo.git
git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:app.git

git push heroku refs/remotes/github/master:refs/heads/master