contrib/git-normal-to-bare.sh

I needed this quite a bit in the last few days, basic script but serves my need. I think it would be useful for other beginners if in $git/contrib/ source dir.

Just a start to a basic script. Needs more tests etc, but it's enough to get newbies (like me) off to a reasonable start. Handles multiple input dirs.

PLEASE CC me, as I am not subscribed.

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Thanks, Zenaan

#!/bin/bash

# Change one or more normal repos into bare repos: # See also https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq#How_do_I_make_existing_non-bare_repository_bare.3F

for i in "$@"; do
   echo; echo "----------------------"
   echo Processing $i

   repo="$i"
   repo="`basename $i`"
   tmp_repo="${repo}.git"

   # Insert here: may be exit if any spaces in repo fqn
   # Insert here: check for non-existent repo/.git dir
   # Insert here: check that we are not inside the repo
   # Insert here: add exit/do-nothing if fail to mv dirs etc

   mv $repo/.git $tmp_repo
   git --git-dir=$tmp_repo config core.bare true
   mv $repo ${repo}.bak
   mv $tmp_repo $repo
done

Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> writes:

I do not think you need (nor used) any bash-ism in this script. Saying "#!/bin/sh" here is cleaner.

	for i
        do

You do not have to say 'in "$@"'; it is implied.

Forgot to dq?

Forgot to dq?  i.e.

	mv "$repo/.git" "$tmp_repo"

The same for all the variable references in the remainder of the script.

More importantly, "mv" would fail if $repo is given as a full pathname elsewhere in the filesystem that is different from your current directory where you create $tmp_repo.