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Add explicit bareRepository configuration when pushing bare mirror #35338

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8 changes: 3 additions & 5 deletions ...equests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/detaching-a-fork.md
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Expand Up @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ You can delete a fork and recreate the same repository, without the connection t
1. Create a bare clone of the fork.

```shell
git clone --bare https://{% data variables.product.product_url %}/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK-NAME.git
git clone --bare https://{% data variables.product.product_url %}/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK.git
```

1. Delete the forked repository. For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/deleting-a-repository)."<br><br>
Expand All @@ -47,15 +47,13 @@ You can delete a fork and recreate the same repository, without the connection t
1. Mirror-push the repository back to the same remote URL.

```shell
cd FORK-NAME.git
git push --mirror https://github.com/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK-NAME.git
git --git-dir FORK.git push --mirror https://{% data variables.product.product_url %}/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK.git
```

1. Remove temporary local clone you created earlier.

```shell
cd ..
rm -rf FORK-NAME.git
rm -rf FORK.git
```

For more information, see [our support page](https://support.github.com/request/fork) on forks.
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