How do I update my bare repo?
git
Solution
If you want to duplicate all the objects from the main repo, do this inside the main repo:
git push --all <url-of-bare-repo>
Alternatively, do a fetch inside the bare repo:
git fetch <url-of-main-repo>
You cannot do a pull, because a pull wants to merge with `HEAD`, which a bare repo does not have.
You can add these as remotes to save yourself some typing in the future:
git remote add <whatever-name> <url-of-other-repo>
Then you can simply do
git push --all <whatever-name>
or
git fetch <whatever-name>
depending on what repo you're in. If `<whatever-name>` is `origin`, you can even leave it out altogether.
Disclaimer: I'm not a git guru. If I said something wrong, I'd like to be enlightened!
Update: Read the comments!
Update 2022-10-10: if you are fetching inside a bare git repo then you probably need to do a `git fetch origin master:master` otherwise your `git log` will not show the new commits. Use `git fetch origin *:*` to update all local branches. See comments for more info.
Problem
I created a bare repo to publish my repository, but I can't figure out how to update the bare repo with the current state of the main repository.