How to make `git --bare` with all files within `.git/`

by giovanny.lueilwitz , in category: Third Party Scripts , 21 days ago

How to make `git --bare` with all files within `.git/`

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by lindsey.homenick , 20 days ago

@giovanny.lueilwitz 

To create a bare repository with all the files within the .git/ directory included, you can follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the directory where your current Git repository is located.
  2. Open a terminal or command prompt in that directory.
  3. Run the following command to create a new bare repository:
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git init --bare <new-repository-name>.git


Replace <new-repository-name> with the desired name of your bare repository.

  1. Copy all the files and directories from the .git/ directory of your existing repository to the .git/ directory of the new bare repository. You can do this by running the following command:
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cp -r .git/* <new-repository-name>.git/


  1. Now, you have successfully created a bare repository with all the files within the .git/ directory included.


You can use this new bare repository as a remote repository for cloning, pushing, and pulling changes from your existing repository.