How do I check if a repository is bare?

Question

I\'m getting the warning

warning: You did not specify any refspecs to push, and the current remote
warning: has not configured any push refspecs. The default         


        

Answer 1

It doesn't sound like that was your problem, but to actually answer the question you asked in the title: you can run...

$ git rev-parse --is-bare-repository

...to query if a repo is bare or not. Returns 'true' or 'false'.