# "strip" the repo 2 messages from 2007-04-20 to 2007-04-20. Participants: Yakov Lerner, Petr Baudis. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7757 ## Yakov Lerner, 2007-04-20 19:28 Subject: "strip" the repo Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/f36b08ee0704201228v40e95ac1h8f541b14feb2cede%40mail.gmail.com ``` I am curious, if I remove all files and dirs (except .git), and index, will it make it a valid bare repo ? Or switching the repo from non-bare to bare is difficult ? Thanks Yakov ``` ## Petr Baudis, 2007-04-20 20:31 Subject: Re: "strip" the repo Message-ID: <20070420203104.GQ4489@pasky.or.cz> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070420203104.GQ4489%40pasky.or.cz In-Reply-To: ``` On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 09:28:02PM CEST, Yakov Lerner wrote: > I am curious, if I remove all files and dirs (except .git), > and index, will it make it a valid bare repo ? > Or switching the repo from non-bare to bare is difficult ? Yes, just removing everything except .git and .git/index (optionally) will work fine to create a bare repository. Maybe a simpler way (but more expensive) is to git clone --bare the repository. -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/ Ever try. Ever fail. No matter. // Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett ```