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How do I change where the (server) repositories live in GIT?

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I have git version 1.8.4.msysgit.0 installed. If I run this as a daemon, where are the repositories located? (i.e. where do i do a mkdir foo.git; cd foo.git; git init --bare?)

How do I change where the (server) repositories live?

posted Nov 11, 2013 by Seema Siddique

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They're passed on the command-line of the daemon.

Run

git help daemon

in the console or the Run program (Win+r) dialog to get open the daemon's manual page.

You might also be interested in its --base-path command-line option.

answer Nov 11, 2013 by Kumar Mitrasen
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