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Re: Modifying a bare repo directly

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EWEric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date
Apr 10, 2017, 18:22 UTC
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Julian Goacher <julian.goacher@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Is it possible to modify a bare repo directly? e.g. is it possible to
> insert a file into a bare repo without first cloning a non-bare copy?
> I'm thinking along the lines of a command or sequence of commands that
> modifies the file index and then copies the file blob into /objects,
> but in a situation where the new file exists separately from the
> target repo.

Yes. You can use the commands Ævar and Jeff talked about as (those are probably the easiest). "git fast-import" is also great to avoid using an index entirely; it can be much faster for mass modifications.

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  1. Julian GoacherApr 10, 2017
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 10, 2017
  3. Jeff KingApr 10, 2017
  4. Eric WongApr 10, 2017
  5. Julian GoacherApr 11, 2017
  6. Jeff KingApr 12, 2017

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