
There are three locations where configuration options are stored on the system. # Enable sparse checkout on the repositoryĮcho some/dir/ >. It still actually checks out the whole repo, but then filters the repo to what you want to see. Sparse CheckoutĬheck out just a subdirectory (since git 1.7). If you want to transfer changes from a "non-bare" repository to another, the correct way is to pull from the destination rather than push from the target. In Git (from version 1.7.0 and above) the repository has to be "bare" (no working files) in order to accept a push.īare repositories exist in Git as a way of having a central (mainly remote) repository that a number of people can push to. It has a bunch of working files (the tree), and a hidden directory containing the version control information. git sub-directory directly in the main directory itself.Ī "non-bare" repository in Git is the same as the normal repository in Mercurial and Bazaar. Instead, it contains all the contents of the. Git config nyNonFastforwards trueĪ bare repository in Git just contains the version control information and no working files (no tree) and it doesn't contain the special.

# Set in addition to the above, so you cannot force a non fast-forwarding # Set permissions for sharing with other users


# Clone repo from directory, GitHub or other URL to current directory. There's also bare repositories that act as a server spot for repository where you don't work directly in it. Git repositories can be created locally from nothing, or you can clone and existing repository.
