From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:08:53 GMT
Subject: Re: Correct way of making existing remote repository "bare"
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0907151607050.4410@intel-tinevez-2-302>
In-Reply-To: <h3khis$3tq$1@ger.gmane.org>

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).

Ciao,
Dscho