How to give a git repo a name?
It is possible to create a git repository directly in a folder, without the subdirectory .git. To do this, you do this:
mkdir myrepo.git
cd myrepo.git
git init --bare
This is called a bare repository - it contains the contents of what would normally be in a .git folder. It has no working copy. These sorts of repositories are usually used in the remote server (where you're pushing your changes); i.e., when your remote repository basically reflects what you've committed locally, and nobody is working directly on the code in the remote server location (therefore no need for a working copy.)
More detail:
- Use in distributed workflows.
- setting up a public repository
The name is given by the directory, as mentioned above, though it does support given a description for software like gitweb:
echo "Happy description" >.git/description
Repositories don't have names, you just use the folder name (I suppose you could name the folder "app.git":
git clone user@server:/path/to/app
Remotes do have names, e.g. "origin" or whatever you like. This is up to the client though, not a property of the remote repository.
git remote add origin user@server:/path/to/app