Re: Cloning empty repositories, was Re: What is the idea for bare repositories?

Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:

To create an initial commit in a bare repository, the most natural way
for me is to clone it, create the commit in the clone, and then push.

Bare-ness _does_ matter for that.

You are still wrong.

The most natural is to create a commit in a non-bare repository
you create, and push into a bare empty repository.  The
repository that is pushed into can be non-bare, but bareness of
that does _NOT_ matter.

Where bareness matters is on your end, the local private
repository you create the initial commit in.