GIT naming my repository

Question

I'm following this guide where it says to run $ git clone --bare stef_project stef_project.git. I get fatal: repository 'stef_project' does not exist.

It seems my repo doesn't have a name. In the .git folder there is a DESCRIPTION file that contained a default message which I replaced with stef_project, now when I run the clone command again I still get the same error message.

How can I name or rename my repo?

Answer 1

What's your current working directory? Suppose it's called "mydir", you can move one directory above and clone like this:

cd ..
git clone --bare mydir stef_project.git