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Ray Salemi
Ray Salemi

Reputation: 5903

Testing for bare git repository with ls-remote

I'd like to check to see if a bare git repository exists. The following doesn't work on my Mac. The ls-remote command says my repository is not a repository, but the clone command lets me clone it.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

repos>  git init --bare --shared=all tmp.git
Initialized empty shared Git repository in 
/Users/raysalemi/workspaces/install_mcs_project/repos/tmp.git/
repos>  git ls-remote tmp.git
fatal: 'tmp.git' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
repos>  ls
tmp.git
repos>  git clone tmp.git
Cloning into 'tmp'...
warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.
done.
repos>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 108

Answers (1)

Ray Salemi
Ray Salemi

Reputation: 5903

It appears git ls-remote only works with an absolute path.

Upvotes: 1

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