Re: Make a non-bare repo bare.

[Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Junio C Hamano<gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I recently had occasion to make a previously non-bare repo bare.  Is
>> there any way to do this?  It will not allow me to delete a branch
>> that I'm on so I wasn't sure how to proceed.
>
> Funny.
>
>    http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/123303
>
> It is posed as a question but describes the correct (and officially
> supported) procedure.

Thanks.  That's what I was looking for.  I wish I didn't have to
actually clone the repo anew but if that's how it is, oh well. :)

That wiki response seems to contradict what Junio said

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Sitaram Chamarty<sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:
> The linked procedure uses git clone --bare.  It is my belief (and
> please correct me if I'm wrong) that only a git clone --mirror
> actually does what you want here -- a mere "bare" clone would lose
> your remotes and their tracking branches would it not?
>
> If I'm wrong please correct me...

The linked wiki article seems to contradict what Junio said.  I guess
I'd go with Junio being somewhat authoritative on normative
prodecudures in the git world. /me shrugs.

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