Copy a project from Windows to Ubuntu in a way that git is recognized

Question

I have copied a project (which was initialized with git and so contains a.git folder) from Windows to Ubuntu . If I now open the project on Ubuntu, VSCode tells me:

The folder currently open doesn't have a git repository

If I run git status , I get the following output:

fatal: cannot chdir to 'C:/Users/.../my_project': No such file or directory

What is the right way to copy the project with a relative path, so that it can be recognized by other systems?

Answer 1

It is possible to package files and their history in a new local .git file:

git bundle create MyProject.git HEAD

Then you can copy/send the file from a Windows machine to Linux machine and clone it over there:

git clone MyProject.git /path/to/clone

And then eg add the origin remote:

git remote add origin https://dev.azure.com/path/to/_git/projectname