Question

Here in the below code i need some info on cloning

there is a main repo which created by the command

              mkdir git_repo
              cd git_repo
              git init --bare //creates empty repo

Then a user will clone the git_repo

              git clone git_repo user_repo

Again the user will clone the new one to create a backup

             git clone user_repo user_bk
             cd user_bk
             //user will edit an existing file and commit it
             git push origin master
            Counting objects: 5, done.
            Delta compression using up to 8 threads.
            Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
            Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 294 bytes, done.
            Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
            Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done.
            remote: error: refusing to update checked out branch: refs/heads/master
            remote: error: By default, updating the current branch in a non-bare repository
            remote: error: is denied, because it will make the index and work tree inconsistent
            remote: error: with what you pushed, and will require 'git reset --hard' to match
            remote: error: the work tree to HEAD.
            remote: error:
            remote: error: You can set 'receive.denyCurrentBranch' configuration variable to
            remote: error: 'ignore' or 'warn' in the remote repository to allow pushing into
            remote: error: its current branch; however, this is not recommended unless you
            remote: error: arranged to update its work tree to match what you pushed in some
            remote: error: other way.
            remote: error:
            remote: error: To squelch this message and still keep the default behaviour, set
            remote: error: 'receive.denyCurrentBranch' configuration variable to 'refuse'.
            To user_repo
             ! [remote rejected] master -> master (branch is currently checked out)
            error: failed to push some refs to 'user_bk'newtest by user

My question is that

1.In git can we checkin to a cloned reporsitory

2.If this has to be donw then how is it to be done

3.How to resolve the above error condition

Answer 1

You are not supposed to push to a non-bare repository. Simply use git clone --bare when creating the backup repository.