git initialize remote repo

Question

I followed this post to setup a remote git repo.

Instead of starting from scratch,

1. I did some development in my pc1 (the repo was created with git init)

2. Now, I wanted to move the repo to a server (same subnet)

   ssh [email protected]
mkdir my_project.git
cd my_project.git
git init --bare

3. Then, locally

   cd my_project
git remote add origin [email protected]:my_project.git
git push -u origin master

Now, in remote (server) repo, I see these folders

branches config description HEAD hooks info objects refs

I was expecting/want to see the same content as my local (pc1) git repo

bin doc src

Answer 1

You initialized a bare repository on the remote side. What this means is that it stores the history, but doesn't have a working directory (translation -- no actual checkout of the project). The structure you're seeing is normal.

Answer 2

git init --bare means you create a bare repository, rather than working repository. A bare repository usually stores at server and it looks just like your .git directory of your working r repository.