I needed this quite a bit in the last few days, basic script but serves my need. I think it would be useful for other beginners if in $git/contrib/ source dir. Just a start to a basic script. Needs more tests etc, but it's enough to get newbies (like me) off to a reasonable start. Handles multiple input dirs. PLEASE CC me, as I am not subscribed. (some SMTP server rejected attachment, so pasting below instead) Thanks, Zenaan #!/bin/bash # Change one or more normal repos into bare repos: # See also https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq#How_do_I_make_existing_non-bare_repository_bare.3F for i in "$@"; do echo; echo "----------------------" echo Processing $i repo="$i" repo="`basename $i`" tmp_repo="${repo}.git" # Insert here: may be exit if any spaces in repo fqn # Insert here: check for non-existent repo/.git dir # Insert here: check that we are not inside the repo # Insert here: add exit/do-nothing if fail to mv dirs etc mv $repo/.git $tmp_repo git --git-dir=$tmp_repo config core.bare true mv $repo ${repo}.bak mv $tmp_repo $repo done -- 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