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michael
michael

Reputation: 110570

How to move a git repository from 1 hard drive to another

I have a git repository in 1 hard drive. And I would like to relocate that to a different hard drive. What is the safest way to do that? 1. cp -r? 2. tar ball?? 3. git clone (but what is the URI for that)?

I was concern if git repository contains absolute path so that 'mv' to a new directory will break git.

Thank you.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2566

Answers (2)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1324607

The more general solution is to use git bundle in order to:

  • move just one (big) file
  • clone it (from the bundle) in the destination: git clone /my/new/drive/myrepo.bundle repo2
  • leave the first repo untouched (just in case)

That is not cessary in your scenario, but having one file saving everything can come in handy.

Upvotes: 1

tanascius
tanascius

Reputation: 53944

There is no problem in reallocation a git repo ... just mv it.
Pay attention to surrounding jobs that could use it (maybe you gave git-daemon a path to it?). But the repository itself can safely be moved around.

Upvotes: 6

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