Create a backup or a bundle of your git repository

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Create a bundle

git bundle create ../myrepo.bundle master

Verify the bundle

git bundle verify ../myrepo.bundle

Deploy the bundle

This is the important part

mkdir newrepo
cd newrepo
git init
git bundle unbundle ../myrepo.bundle
git merge f7243b

where f7243b is the COMMIT ref showing beside HEAD

Reference

Best instruction for git backup - Utappia: Create a backup or a bundle of your git repository... https://t.co/QSvHjblzPn
— Ian Lim (@mallim) July 29, 2019