A related post here provides the information needed to grab the .git directory and simplify the answer that umläute provided:
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Grab the
.gitdirectory by cloning a bare repository$ mkdir repo $ git clone --bare http://github/user/repo repo -
Make the
.gitdirectory and move the cloned files$ mkdir repo/.git $ mv repo/* repo/.git -
Unzip the repository
$ unzip repo.zip -
Re-initialize the repository
$ cd repo $ git init -
Verify you’re sync’ed
$ git pull -
Reset the HEAD to clean up the status
$ git reset HEAD -
Here’s the log for the repo … repo location – http://github.com/udacity/fullstack-nanodegree-vm
$ git log commit ebcbda650bc81d7f4856f5314a0689cea5b43086 Merge: 574774b b5b787e Author: Karl Krueger <[email protected]> Date: Tue Apr 7 11:39:54 2015 -0700` Merge pull request #3 from pmallory/sharedDirAlert Add a login alert to explain how to access Vagrant's shared directory commit b5b787efdb1ecec0c3c9c7f9c0fd4732f984fcb3 Author: Philip Mallory <[email protected]> Date: Mon Apr 6 15:40:32 2015 -0700` move the alert into the motd commit b8012f33c86b0d19fc4c2b972af092e88d00978f Author: Philip Mallory <[email protected]> Date: Mon Apr 6 14:32:01 2015 -0700` Add a login alert to explain how to access Vagrant's shared directory commit 574774ba29ccd661154431d5600240f090440c37 Author: Lorenzo Brown <[email protected]> Date: Wed Mar 11 14:08:02 2015 -0700` Update pg_config.sh Added installs for Auth&Auth commit 88fc5537b1a0017a1d76af4587a22412473809a4 Author: Lorenzo Brown <[email protected]> Date: Wed Mar 4 13:00:25 2015 -0800` Update and rename vagrant to vagrant/catalog/README.txt commit f978cdc14c62b7295d8da1a95452faaa1bd108b8 Author: Lorenzo Brown <[email protected]> Date: Wed Feb 4 11:06:03 2015 -0800` Update Vagrantfile switched to port forwarding on 8080 commit d6a3a26578ef3c6d01d28abca76d817938892c7f Author: Lorenzo Brown <[email protected]> Date: Tue Feb 3 14:52:34 2015 -0800` Update Vagrantfile Added: config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080 config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 5000, host: 5000 FSF uses these two ports for lessons 2 & 3 respectively. commit 752a79e408c7328ef7f1766d1b97bb468ffed90a Author: Mike Wales <[email protected]> Date: Mon Feb 2 11:21:29 2015 -0800` Removed .vagrant directory commit 5af9d19adf9ab19b1d886f6cc78e556f864b42dd Author: Mike Wales <[email protected]> Date: Mon Feb 2 11:16:45 2015 -0800` Initial commit.