# Manually turning a --bare local repository to a real mirror repository (--bare --mirror) 2 messages from 2011-01-18 to 2011-01-18. Participants: Ilyes Gouta, Andreas Schwab. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/26302 ## Ilyes Gouta, 2011-01-18 21:59 Subject: Manually turning a --bare local repository to a real mirror repository (--bare --mirror) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTikE-sDhzw8%3DybKhYhHtTH84V8EEOptMaq8xxRHc%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, I'm setting up a local git repo which should mirrors the branches of the original repo and at the same time hosts the local private developement branches of the team. At first step I did create a local copy by issuing: git clone --bare I found out later that fetching the various refs lead the local master ref not automatically following the remote/master ref, after every git fetch --all. I found that I have to use: git clone --bare --mirror instead to get that effect. Now please keep in mind that I intend to also create local private branches where developers will push their custom code. My question: given that I don't have enough bandwidth and constant Internet connectivity, I'd like to ask if it's possible to manually turn a pure --bare local repository into a --bare --mirror one? If yes, how to do that? Please CC me when replying, because I'm not registered to the mailing list. Thanks, -Ilyes ``` ## Andreas Schwab, 2011-01-18 22:35 Subject: Re: Manually turning a --bare local repository to a real mirror repository (--bare --mirror) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m2wrm13kny.fsf%40igel.home In-Reply-To: ``` > My question: given that I don't have enough bandwidth and constant > Internet connectivity, I'd like to ask if it's possible to manually > turn a pure --bare local repository into a --bare --mirror one? If > yes, how to do that? An ordinary bare clone has no fetch configuration. To turn the repo into a mirror you just have to add one: $ git config remote.origin.fetch "+refs/*:refs/*" and set the mirror flag: $ git config remote.origin.mirror true Then do a git fetch to fetch any missing refs. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." ```