Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I want to publish this tree to the world via a *.kernel.org-like > system, so my task is to > > scp -r /spare/repo/cld/.git remote.example.com:/pub/scm/cld.git > > but if I do this with scp, then future pushes to > remote.example.com:/pub/scm/cld.git emit the warning about updating > the currently checked-out branch I think "scp -r" is a wrong way to "clone", as it will copy .git/config that is specific to your local work tree that does not apply to the situation at remote.example.com anyway. You do not want to push into your local repository with a work tree you are "scp -r"ing out of, but you do want to push into the one at remote.example.com. Interestingly enough, we had a two separate thread about making a bare repository out of a repository with a work tree today ;-) remote.example.com$ cd /pub/scm/ remote.example.com$ git clone --bare over.there:/spare/repo/cld/.git cld.git -- 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