title: How do I 'git push' from a local machine to a Google Cloud Platform instance?
body: <p>The <a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/transfer-files" rel="noreferrer">documentation</a> for Google Cloud Platform describes a number of ways of transferring files to Google Compute Engine instances. But it does not mention how to use Git to do this. Also, while I have Google Cloud code repositories available under "Development" in the Web console, it's not clear to he how to associate these with Compute instances.</p>
  
  <p>How do I associate a Git repository with a Google Compute Engine instance and <code>git push</code> from my local machine to that the instance repo?</p>