How do I check if a repository is bare?
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Solution
How do I check that it is bare?
As mentioned in the answer below (upvoted) by jberryman, if you have access to the remote repo, you can run in it:
git rev-parse --is-bare-repository
It was introduced as early as commit 493c774, Git 1.5.3 (Sept. 2007) and commit 7ae3df8 by Matthias Lederhofer (`matled`).
When the repository is bare print "true", otherwise "false".
You could use (from `git config`):
git config --add push.default current
to specify what you want to push by default.
or:
git config --global push.default matching
if you have many repositories.
current: push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
Check also if the warning was not followed by an error message like in this SO question.
So your destination repo may be a bare one, but, as said in Sensible Git Refspecs:
When you do a `git pull`, `fetch,` `push` and some others you need to specify a `refspec` for the current repository. A `refspec` describes the mapping between the local reference and the remote one, so you can push (or pull etc) the master branch head and store it as your origin branch head. Basically it’s a way of mapping branches between repos.
See also "concept of bared shared repository in git".
Note: it is true than from Git1.6.3, :
"`git push`" into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by default. You can choose what should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration variable `receive.denyCurrentBranch` in the receiving repository.
But I do not think this is what you are seeing right now.
As mentioned in "all about "bare" repos -- what, why, and how to fix a non-bare push" (at the bottom)
To make it a "real" bare repo, just delete all the files except `.git`, then `mv .git/* .; rmdir .git`. Finally, edit the file called `config` and change `bare = false` to `bare = true`.
So if your destination repo has a `config` file with `bare = true`, it is a bare repo.
Problem
I'm getting the warning ``` warning: You did not specify any refspecs to push, and the current remote warning: has not configured any push refspecs. The default action in this warning: case is to push all matching refspecs, that is, all branches warning: that exist both locally and remotely will be updated. This may warning: not necessarily be what you want to happen. warning: warning: You can specify what action you want to take in this case, and warning: avoid seeing this message again, by configuring 'push.default' to: warning: 'nothing' : Do not push anything warning: 'matching' : Push all matching branches (default) warning: 'tracking' : Push the current branch to whatever it is tracking warning: 'current' : Push the current branch ``` which is (I think) a warning that remote is not bare. Yet I intended remote to be bare, and the directory (which is in the form `foo.git`) doesn't have a .git directory in it. How do I check that it is bare? Extra information: The remote repository is on a computer with git 1.5.4.3, and the local repository has git 1.6.3.3. Both machines are Ubuntu - the local one is Karmic Koala, the remote one is an older version.