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There isn't any difference between
git-recipes/02-03/
and
git-re-
gin"]
entries in the config file using the
git remote
command.
Conclusion
As a conclusion to Recipes 2-4 and 2-5, remember that repositories can be copied and
moved to different locations on your drive; just as any other directory. The git directory
.git
doesn't contain any information that ties the repository to a specific path on your
drive.
2-6. Deleting and restoring the contents
of the working directory
Problem
You want to verify that git has stored all your files in the database
.git/objects
.
To achieve this you need to delete the contents of the working directory and then re-
store it from the git database.
Solution
Enter the repository created in Recipe 2-3:
$ cd git-recipes/02-03
Remove all files and directories, except the
.git
subdirectory:
$ ls -la
$ rm -rf *
$ rm .????*
Now, the directory
git-recipes/02-03/
contains only one subdirectory
.git
. You can check it with:
