To quote someone who explains it better than me: "A bare repository is one without a checked out working copy of the code. It only contains the git database.... To ensure this doesn't happen, we're making the server repository a bare repository - it has no working copy." http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2007/09/how-to-publish-git-repository.html
Contrast that with Subversion, where the repository is *always* bare in the Git sense. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Shak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Johannes Schindelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Will Rocisky wrote: >> >> I want to create a git repository on USB where I can push to and pull >>> from. Is it possible? >>> >> >> Not only possible. I do it all the time. But please do not make the >> error of using a non-bare repository there. >> >> > > What exactly is a non-bare repository? > > Shak > >
