This. The OP says he is waiting for the git epiphany. The epiphany is that there is no _the_ remote repository. You can use git like it's subversion, and desig

This. The OP says he is waiting for the git epiphany. The epiphany is that there is no _the_ remote repository. You can use git like it's subversion, and designate one repo as _the_ repo, but because git isn't designed this way it isn't going to help you much in this endeavour.