git init re-creates .git file in home directory

Question

I want to keep a separate work space for my development job.I moved .git file from my home directory to another directory named 'workspace'. Now when I use git init in workspace directory, everything works just fine but when I use git init inside my home directory, it re-creates the .git file in my home directory. I am using Ubuntu and my home directory is home/tyler.This is where .git file is stored my default.

My directory structure is: home/tyler home/workspace

Answer 1

The best thing is to clone your git workspace.

Go in your new folder where you want the copy of your repo and execute git clone [folder to your repo] that will create a folder inside that with the name of your repo folder.

Hope that helps