How can I copy my git repository from my windows machine to a linux machine via usb drive?

Question

I have a git server running on a windows desktop machine that has inexplicably lost the ability to connect to the internet. I want to move the repo to a linux machine. I alr

Answer 1

You can do a git bundle: it will compress the repo in one file. It is easy to move one file, as opposed to a all repo with all its files.

git bundle create /tmp/myrepo.bundle --all

See "How can I email someone a git repository?"

Once copied on Linux, you can clone from that one file.

git clone myrepo.bundle
cd myrepo