Julian Goacher <julian.goacher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is it possible to modify a bare repo directly? e.g. is it possible to > insert a file into a bare repo without first cloning a non-bare copy? > I'm thinking along the lines of a command or sequence of commands that > modifies the file index and then copies the file blob into /objects, > but in a situation where the new file exists separately from the > target repo. Yes. You can use the commands Ævar and Jeff talked about as (those are probably the easiest). "git fast-import" is also great to avoid using an index entirely; it can be much faster for mass modifications.