# Newbie questions about moving around repositories 4 messages from 2007-06-15 to 2007-06-15. Participants: Ed Schofield, Alex Riesen. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/8611 ## Ed Schofield, 2007-06-15 13:52 Subject: Newbie questions about moving around repositories Message-ID: <1b5a37350706150652y7710c380l79e785cba8f6b02e@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1b5a37350706150652y7710c380l79e785cba8f6b02e%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi all, I've recently started using git to manage my own patchsets for a public CVS repository that I don't have write access to. I have a couple of newbie questions, please: 1. I would like to move my repository (including all branches) from directory A to a directory B on a different filesystem. Can I use git-clone for this? It seems that git-clone creates remote-tracking branches, but I want to keep all of the branches as local branches so I can remove the original repository. 2. I can't just move the entire directory A, because I get Error in startup script: error: object directory A/../A-cvs-git/.git/objects does not exist; check .git/objects/info/alternates I think I originally created the repository by cloning from my A-cvs-git/ directory with git-clone --shared, but I don't quite remember. So I suppose I want a way to stop using the alternates mechanism and make my repository self-contained in one directory. Is this possible? Will I then be free to move the directory? I'd appreciate any advice! -- Ed ``` ## Alex Riesen, 2007-06-15 14:18 Subject: Re: Newbie questions about moving around repositories Message-ID: <81b0412b0706150718t2382648aw25959844f52c5c02@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/81b0412b0706150718t2382648aw25959844f52c5c02%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1b5a37350706150652y7710c380l79e785cba8f6b02e@mail.gmail.com> ``` On 6/15/07, Ed Schofield wrote: > 1. I would like to move my repository (including all branches) from > directory A to a directory B on a different filesystem. Can I use > git-clone for this? It seems that git-clone creates remote-tracking > branches, but I want to keep all of the branches as local branches so > I can remove the original repository. Just copy it. > 2. I can't just move the entire directory A, because I get > > Error in startup script: error: object directory > A/../A-cvs-git/.git/objects does not exist; check > .git/objects/info/alternates ... but fix that .git/objects/info/alternates files in the repos left to point to the new location of the moved directory. > I think I originally created the repository by cloning from my > A-cvs-git/ directory with git-clone --shared, but I don't quite > remember. So I suppose I want a way to stop using the alternates > mechanism and make my repository self-contained in one directory. Is > this possible? git repack -f, and remove the alternates, probably. Otherwise you can just copy .git/objects directory into all related repos, remove alternates there and you're free. > Will I then be free to move the directory? Yes ``` ## Ed Schofield, 2007-06-15 17:19 Subject: Re: Newbie questions about moving around repositories Message-ID: <1b5a37350706151019u2bf81e81me05d13ea9bf40591@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1b5a37350706151019u2bf81e81me05d13ea9bf40591%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0706150718t2382648aw25959844f52c5c02@mail.gmail.com> ``` On 6/15/07, Alex Riesen wrote: > On 6/15/07, Ed Schofield wrote: > > 1. I would like to move my repository (including all branches) from > > directory A to a directory B on a different filesystem. > > [snip] > > Just copy it. > [snip] > ... but fix that .git/objects/info/alternates files in the repos left to > point to the new location of the moved directory. Thanks, Alex! Changing this and .git/branches/origin worked a treat. -- Ed ``` ## Alex Riesen, 2007-06-15 21:58 Subject: Re: Newbie questions about moving around repositories Message-ID: <20070615215838.GA6785@steel.home> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070615215838.GA6785%40steel.home In-Reply-To: <1b5a37350706151019u2bf81e81me05d13ea9bf40591@mail.gmail.com> ``` Ed Schofield, Fri, Jun 15, 2007 19:19:58 +0200: > On 6/15/07, Alex Riesen wrote: > >On 6/15/07, Ed Schofield wrote: > >> 1. I would like to move my repository (including all branches) from > >> directory A to a directory B on a different filesystem. > >> [snip] > > > >Just copy it. > >[snip] > >... but fix that .git/objects/info/alternates files in the repos left to > >point to the new location of the moved directory. > > > Thanks, Alex! Changing this and .git/branches/origin worked a treat. > .git/branches is obsoleted. Branch configuration is in .git/config now ```