On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Junio C Hamano<gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tim Visher <tim.visher@xxxxxxxxx> 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. 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... -- 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