keeping remote repo checked out?

I am testing git as a replacement for how I was using bk to manage web
sites.  As such, I created a new git repo on the server, populated it
with the old data (ignoring history; there wasn't much relevant on
that site) and cloned that to the laptop.

Editing on the server works well.  I can add, checking and a
subsequent pull on the laptop grabs the changes.

But any edits on the laptop's copy are not checked out when I push
them to the server.

Is it possible to arrange that a push does a checkout on the remote
the same way a pull does on the local?

-JimC
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James H. Cloos, Jr. [off-list ref]