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Add explicit bareRepository configuration when pushing bare mirror (g…
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…ithub#35338)

Signed-off-by: James Knight <git@jdknight.me>
Co-authored-by: Alex Nguyen <150945400+nguyenalex836@users.noreply.github.com>
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jdknight and nguyenalex836 authored Dec 17, 2024
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1. Create a bare clone of the fork.

```shell
git clone --bare https://{% data variables.product.product_url %}/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK-NAME.git
git clone --bare https://{% data variables.product.product_url %}/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK.git
```

1. Delete the forked repository. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/deleting-a-repository).<br><br>
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1. Mirror-push the repository back to the same remote URL.

```shell
cd FORK-NAME.git
git push --mirror https://github.com/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK-NAME.git
git --git-dir FORK.git push --mirror https://{% data variables.product.product_url %}/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK.git
```

1. Remove temporary local clone you created earlier.

```shell
cd ..
rm -rf FORK-NAME.git
rm -rf FORK.git
```

For more information, see [our support page](https://support.github.com/request/fork) on forks.

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