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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: Julian Goacher <julian.goacher@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Modifying a bare repo directly
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 18:22:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170410182209.GA18358@dcvr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG_DJYk3D=sPm6rhGRD_wF4dnJqSU_M+c=NWP4Q5ExBap_-kPw@mail.gmail.com>

Julian Goacher <julian.goacher@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to modify a bare repo directly? e.g. is it possible to
> insert a file into a bare repo without first cloning a non-bare copy?
> I'm thinking along the lines of a command or sequence of commands that
> modifies the file index and then copies the file blob into /objects,
> but in a situation where the new file exists separately from the
> target repo.

Yes.  You can use the commands Ævar and Jeff talked about as
(those are probably the easiest).  "git fast-import" is also
great to avoid using an index entirely; it can be much faster
for mass modifications.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-04-10 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-10 10:09 Modifying a bare repo directly Julian Goacher
2017-04-10 10:33 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-10 14:07   ` Jeff King
2017-04-10 18:22 ` Eric Wong [this message]
2017-04-11 21:35   ` Julian Goacher
2017-04-12  0:48     ` Jeff King

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