From: Dirk Süsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:21:49 GMT
Subject: Re: Correct way of making existing remote repository "bare"
Message-ID: <4A5DE5FD.80304@dirk.my1.cc>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0907151607050.4410@intel-tinevez-2-302>

Am 15.07.2009 16:08 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> 
>> Steps I done:
>>
>> * ssh to remote server
>> * git clone --bare -l <path_to_repos> <new_dir>
>> * renamed old repository directory
>> * renamed new repository dir to what old repository used to be.
>>
>> Like I said, this did the tick, but is this the correct way of doing it?
> 
> That's the easiest.  However, I regularly avoid those steps by doing
> 
> 	mv bla/.git bla.git
> 	git --git-dir=bla.git config core.bare true
> 	rm -rf bla
> 
> This requires a bit more familiarity with the Git internals than your 
> solution, though (although it makes sure that the config is unchanged, as 
> well as possibly installed hooks).
> 

Dscho, you boiled down my solution to real git commands. Great. -- Dirk