This guide explains how to migrate a Git repository to another server.

# Create an Empty Bare Repository on the Destination Server

First, create an empty bare repository on the destination server. Run the following command on the destination server:

git init --bare

The goal of this guide is to migrate the Git repository to this newly created bare repository.

# Clone the Bare Repository from the Source Repository

Run the following command on your PC to clone a bare repository from the source repository:

git clone --bare <path-to-source-repository>

By adding the --bare option to the clone command, you can clone it as a bare repository.

# Push the Bare Repository to the Destination Repository

Run the following commands on your PC to push the previously cloned bare repository to the destination repository:

cd <path-to-cloned-bare-repository>
git push --mirror <path-to-destination-repository>

The --mirror option in the push command syncs all branches, tags, and references in the specified repository.

# Delete the Cloned Bare Repository

Run the following commands on your PC to delete the bare repository that is no longer needed:

cd ..
rm -rf <cloned-bare-repository>

Don’t forget to delete the source repository as well. This completes the Git repository migration process.