bare

What's the most straightforward way to clone an empty, *bare* git repository?

I've just finished cruising the Google search results that contain all the email rants about how stupid it is that git can't clone an empty repository. Some kind soul even submitted a patch. Until git is upgraded, what is the simplest, most straightforward method to clone an empty, bare git repository? The ideal solution will support ...

Git: Convert normal to bare repository

How can I convert a 'normal' Git repository to a bare one? The main difference seems to be: in the normal git repository you have a .git folder inside the repository containing all relevant data and all other files build your working copy in a bar Git repository, there is no working copy and the folder (let's call it repo.git) contain...

Is there any legitimate use for bare strings in PHP?

This question got me thinking about bare strings. When PHP sees a string that's not enclosed in quotes, it first checks to see if it's a constant. If not, it just assumes it's a string and goes on anyway. So for example if I have echo $foo[bar]; If there's a constant called bar it uses that for the array key, but if not then it treat...