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importance of .git extension for bare repos

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NKNeal Kreitzinger <neal@rsss.com>
Date
Feb 16, 2012, 01:04 UTC
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I have a user who has created bare repos without naming them with the .git extension. As a result, the file paths are MYBARE/config instead of MYBARE.git/config, etc. Is this a supported naming convention for bare repos in git.git, or is it going to have some problems?

v/r, neal

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  1. Neal KreitzingerFeb 16, 2012
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