I have been working on a repository on my pc for a couple of weeks and I have 11 commits on it. now, I just got a MacBook and I want to move my working environment there. How do I move my repositories there without losing the history of the repo. Do I just copy and paste the folders using an external drive and continue working there?
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Yes.
The information of a git repository are stored in the (invisible) sub-folder .git.
If you move the entire repository folder then all your repository's history should be preserved.
The only thing not saved in that folder are system/user-wide configuration, e.g. your user.name and user.email - if you also want to transfer your configuration, have a look at How to locate the git config file in Mac
Jay
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