I'd like to delete a bare git repo, but I want to check that (a) it's being used as the actual git bare repo, e.g. if $GIT_DIR is set, and (b) that it is actually a git repo. Using rm -rf .git/ doesn't seem safe for these reasons, so is there a command in git itself to do this?
I've been going through the man pages without success.
-- Sean B. Palmer, http://inamidst.com/sbp/
Re: Deleting a Bare Repo
On 3/18/2011 10:26 AM, Sean B. Palmer wrote:
> I'd like to delete a bare git repo, but I want to check that (a) it's > being used as the actual git bare repo, e.g. if $GIT_DIR is set, and > (b) that it is actually a git repo. Using rm -rf .git/ doesn't seem > safe for these reasons, so is there a command in git itself to do > this? > > I've been going through the man pages without success. >
here is a partial list of considerations and inqueries: * there is not a git command to delete a repo. rm -rf is how you do it. * git repo's are not aware of who has cloned from them and/or is pulling/fetching from them. * if there is a git-daemon-export-ok then that means it was setup to be pull-from via the git:// protocol. however, that doesn't mean anyone is actually pulling from it. * check the config file and see if its setup as a mirror. if so, investigate its mirror.
if you are talking about manual deletion you could: * cd to the bare repo and do a git-status. if it returns a status then it's a working repo (not necessarily a referenced repo). * analyze it in gitk and see if anyone has pushed to it recently. * rename it and see if anyone complains.
v/r, neal