From: Jeff Brown Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 17:01:00 GMT Subject: Re: committing to a checked out branch Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <76718490905190821p1776905bn53610c0e8acd0113@mail.gmail.com> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Jay Soffian wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Jeff Brown wrote: >> When I create a new repo on my server I have been creating an empty >> directory, then git init, then git add some file and commit.  I expect >> that is the long/wrong way to initialize a repo, especially if I want >> it to be bare.  What is the best approach to creating a cloneable bare >> repo? > > server$ mkdir /path/to/newrepo.git > server$ cd /path/to/newrepo.git && git init --bare > laptop$ git clone ssh://server/path/to/newrepo.git > laptop$ cd newrepo > laptop$ # add; commit; add; commit; ... > laptop$ git push origin master > > (This may only work with recent versions of git as I believe earlier > versions used to complain about cloning an empty repository.) > git init --bare That is the bit I needed. Thanks again! jb -- Jeff Brown SpringSource http://www.springsource.com/ Autism Strikes 1 in 166 Find The Cause ~ Find The Cure http://www.autismspeaks.org/