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Asked: 2026-05-29T19:41:09+00:00

We have two Git repos on a remote git server in this format: /git/repo1

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We have two Git repos on a remote git server in this format:

/git/repo1
/git/repo2

In /git/repo1, I see these files & directories:

branches  config  description  HEAD  hooks  info  objects  refs

In /git/repo2, I see this directory:

.git

and within .git, I see 

branches  config  description  HEAD  hooks  info  logs  objects  refs

Both repos appear to work fine. However …

I am trying to figure out how this happened and if there is a problem with setup just waiting to jump out. Which one is “right” or does it not matter? If one is preferred (I think it might be repo1’s format), how do I make /git/repo2 to look like /git/repo1 (or vice versa)?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Repo1 is a bare repository and the other is not. Bare repositories are usually used only to be remotely connected to. Non-bare repositories are the kind developers do their work in.

    This post details how to convert to a bare repository.

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