It appears that with 1.5.3-rc5 $ git clone --bare $origin_url target.git does not set "core.bare = true" in target.git/config. We used to, at least with 1.5.2.2. I am strongly suspecting that this is another fallout from the worktree series. - 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