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You could use git bundle and email one single file

A git bundle is just one file which can be very easily created and again imported as it can be treated like another remote.

Once received, you can clone it or fetch from that file.

As mentioned in "Backup of github repo", you will probably want for the first email to make your bundle with all branches:

$ git bundle create /tmp/foo-all --all

As Andreas mentions in the comments, Scott Chacon recently (March 2010) wrote a "cute" article on this topic in the ProGit blog:

VonC 2010-03-30 14:03:01

Thanks. I read this but it wasn't clear if all my history and branches are saved. Also does it allow me to merge both repositories at a later date?

Zubair 2010-03-30 14:07:52

@Zubair: yes, all the history is saved, contrary to `git archive`!

VonC 2010-03-30 14:10:13

Now I can't unbundle it!!! Don't worry, I'm hunting around the docs as we speak

Zubair 2010-03-30 14:23:30

Thanks. I figured it out:git init, and then :git pull bundle.bdl master

Zubair 2010-03-30 14:26:47

@Zubair: unbundle it? You can simply clone it to get back a normal git repo. Or pull it in an empty repo. Which is, I see now, what you did ;)

VonC 2010-03-30 14:26:56

I was trying "git bundle unbundle bundle.bdl" which seemed the sensible thing to do. Anyway, it works now, thanks! :)

Zubair 2010-03-30 14:28:00

This is a good overview of how to use the bundle command and what it does: http://progit.org/2010/03/10/bundles.html

Andreas 2010-03-30 14:57:16

How can I email someone a git repository?