On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Jeff Brown <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> When I create a new repo on my server I have been creating an empty >> directory, then git init, then git add some file and commit. I expect >> that is the long/wrong way to initialize a repo, especially if I want >> it to be bare. What is the best approach to creating a cloneable bare >> repo? > > server$ mkdir /path/to/newrepo.git > server$ cd /path/to/newrepo.git && git init --bare > laptop$ git clone ssh://server/path/to/newrepo.git > laptop$ cd newrepo > laptop$ # add; commit; add; commit; ... > laptop$ git push origin master > > (This may only work with recent versions of git as I believe earlier > versions used to complain about cloning an empty repository.) > git init --bare That is the bit I needed. Thanks again! jb -- Jeff Brown SpringSource http://www.springsource.com/ Autism Strikes 1 in 166 Find The Cause ~ Find The Cure http://www.autismspeaks.org/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html