Copieing git repository to another disk is dangerous ! Especially in combination with remotes set to local repositories !

First turn off auto-capitalization in windows 11 mail options->editor settings->auto capitalization.

Then I can try and mystify you with proper commands:

X: cd X:\Vite\Repository\Mirror git clone --mirror https://github.com/vitelabs/go-vite .

cd X:\Vite\Branch\Develop\Delphi git clone -o Repository "X:\Vite\Repository\Mirror" .

Now copy the contents of this disk to a new disk... (virtual disks)

Read down below why this is dangerous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Here is the problem and even solution:

Let's suppose this is copied to disk Z:

git remote -v will show:

X:\Vite\Repository\Mirror

In other words the remote is still pointing to the mirror on disk X !!!!

Any clones on disk Z will commit to disk X, leading to a big mess !

It's the drive letter !

It must be updated/changed ?!

Which leads to the question:

Can drive letters be avoided in git remotes ?

Using a powershell script the AI was also kinda stupid and nuked upstream/origin with changed drive path, leading to url loss but that is minor.

Anyway the AI had a solution to sync things back up on Z:

My own steps first: Copy mirror from X: to Z: Adjust the remote to point to Z: instead of X:

Then follow AI steps:

Step 1: Fetch the latest remote state

git fetch Repository

Step 2:  Stash any local changes and untracked files This ensures nothing gets lost or overwritten: git stash --include-untracked

Step 3: Fast‑forward your local branch to the remote tip git reset --hard Repository/Branch/Develop/Delphi •     This moves your local branch pointer to match the remote exactly. Your working tree will now reflect the remote commit b6ff41f28/whatever

Step 4: Restore your stashed files if needed git stash pop

If you had local edits or untracked files you wanted to keep, they’ll be reapplied here.

If conflicts appear, Git will mark them clearly so you can resolve.

Step 5. Verify alignment git log --oneline Branch/Develop/Delphi -n 5 git log --oneline Repository/Branch/Develop/Delphi -n 5

→ Both should show the same commit history at the tip.

The slightly annoying thing is, this had to happen to 8 commits containing either large files or many many many thousands of files, fortunately my system is fast and git can handle and my system has lots of ram otherwise, OOPSIE.

Anyway I discovered this problem earlier on... ppfffieww...

All these steps were tried out and it worked, proving it's now the same again, and indeed the files were identical locally and remote, but had to known for sure:

Z:\Vite\Branch\Develop\Delphi>git log --oneline Branch/Develop/Delphi -n 5 b6ff41f28 (HEAD -> Branch/Develop/Delphi, Repository/Branch/Develop/Delphi) AI System Prompts added. a8b3415ed GoToDelphi mappings added, existing and missing. a7a3bcc12 golang compiler/runtime source code added. 7f8dfb45f vendor packages added. b6e5e7b6e Gemini 3.0 Pro fixes to Log15 and common

Z:\Vite\Branch\Develop\Delphi>git log --oneline Repository/Branch/Develop/Delphi -n 5 b6ff41f28 (HEAD -> Branch/Develop/Delphi, Repository/Branch/Develop/Delphi) AI System Prompts added. a8b3415ed GoToDelphi mappings added, existing and missing. a7a3bcc12 golang compiler/runtime source code added. 7f8dfb45f vendor packages added. b6e5e7b6e Gemini 3.0 Pro fixes to Log15 and common

Z:\Vite\Branch\Develop\Delphi>

(In my case the drive letters where U: and X: but I changed it in this example to X and Z)

Goodbye,
  for now,
    Skybuck Flying !