From 766e281d3928fe35da422a685657713cad0ea339 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenz Leutgeb <lorenz.leutgeb@radicle.xyz>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:41:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] radicle: Allow creating bare clones

---
 crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/checkout.rs |  2 +-
 crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/clone.rs    |  2 +-
 crates/radicle-node/src/tests/e2e.rs        |  1 +
 crates/radicle/src/rad.rs                   | 12 ++++++++----
 crates/radicle/src/storage/refs.rs          |  1 +
 5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/checkout.rs b/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/checkout.rs
index 1c637479..265a8611 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/checkout.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/checkout.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ fn execute(options: Options, profile: &Profile) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
     }
 
     let mut spinner = term::spinner("Performing checkout...");
-    let repo = match radicle::rad::checkout(options.id, &remote, path.clone(), &storage) {
+    let repo = match radicle::rad::checkout(options.id, &remote, path.clone(), &storage, false) {
         Ok(repo) => repo,
         Err(err) => {
             spinner.failed();
diff --git a/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/clone.rs b/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/clone.rs
index 16ed62f5..142ea0a8 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/clone.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/clone.rs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ impl Checkout {
             "Creating checkout in ./{}..",
             term::format::tertiary(destination.display())
         ));
-        match rad::checkout(self.id, &self.remote, self.path, storage) {
+        match rad::checkout(self.id, &self.remote, self.path, storage, false) {
             Err(err) => {
                 spinner.message(format!(
                     "Failed to checkout in ./{}",
diff --git a/crates/radicle-node/src/tests/e2e.rs b/crates/radicle-node/src/tests/e2e.rs
index 1777e85e..ad549d45 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-node/src/tests/e2e.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-node/src/tests/e2e.rs
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ fn test_clone() {
         alice.signer.public_key(),
         tmp.path().join("clone"),
         &alice.storage,
+        false,
     )
     .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/rad.rs b/crates/radicle/src/rad.rs
index 21581ecc..969d3c00 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/rad.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/rad.rs
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ pub fn checkout<P: AsRef<Path>, S: storage::ReadStorage>(
     remote: &RemoteId,
     path: P,
     storage: &S,
+    bare: bool,
 ) -> Result<git2::Repository, CheckoutError> {
     // TODO: Decide on whether we can use `clone_local`
     // TODO: Look into sharing object databases.
@@ -260,7 +261,8 @@ pub fn checkout<P: AsRef<Path>, S: storage::ReadStorage>(
     let mut opts = git2::RepositoryInitOptions::new();
     opts.no_reinit(true)
         .external_template(false)
-        .description(project.description());
+        .description(project.description())
+        .bare(bare);
 
     let repo = git2::Repository::init_opts(path.as_ref(), &opts)?;
     let url = git::Url::from(proj);
@@ -318,7 +320,9 @@ pub fn checkout<P: AsRef<Path>, S: storage::ReadStorage>(
             .expect("checkout: default branch name is valid UTF-8");
 
         repo.set_head(branch_ref)?;
-        repo.checkout_head(None)?;
+        if !bare {
+            repo.checkout_head(None)?;
+        }
 
         // Setup remote tracking for default branch.
         git::set_upstream(&repo, &*REMOTE_NAME, project.default_branch(), branch_ref)?;
@@ -549,7 +553,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Bob forks it and creates a checkout.
         fork(id, &bob, &storage).unwrap();
-        checkout(id, bob_id, tempdir.path().join("copy"), &storage).unwrap();
+        checkout(id, bob_id, tempdir.path().join("copy"), &storage, false).unwrap();
 
         let bob_remote = storage.repository(id).unwrap().remote(bob_id).unwrap();
 
@@ -584,7 +588,7 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
         git::set_upstream(&original, "rad", "master", "refs/heads/master").unwrap();
 
-        let copy = checkout(id, remote_id, tempdir.path().join("copy"), &storage).unwrap();
+        let copy = checkout(id, remote_id, tempdir.path().join("copy"), &storage, false).unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(
             copy.head().unwrap().target(),
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/storage/refs.rs b/crates/radicle/src/storage/refs.rs
index 750f8f71..be5b6afa 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/storage/refs.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/storage/refs.rs
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ mod tests {
                 bob.public_key(),
                 tmp.path().join("working"),
                 &storage,
+                false,
             )
             .unwrap();