Add explicit bareRepository configuration when pushing bare mirror

[jdknight]

Why:

Was following the instructions outlined in Detaching a fork and noticed that step 5 was failing for me.

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If a user has configured bareRepository=explicit in their configuration, the push operation in this example will fail with the message:

fatal: cannot use bare repository '<path>.git' (safe.bareRepository is 'explicit')

By adding -c "safe.bareRepository=all" to the default instruction set, this should prevent issues for users who have bareRepository configured.

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[nguyenalex836]

@jdknight Thanks so much for opening a PR! I'll get this triaged for review ✨

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[nguyenalex836]

@jdknight Thank you for your patience while our SME team reviewed! 💛 Our SMEs reviewed and responded with the following:

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The problem they're trying to fix sounds real to me, but I think their solution is a bit complicated. The git-config(1) manual page has this to say about safe.bareRepository setting's explicit value:

explicit: Git only works with bare repositories specified via the top-level --git-dir command-line option, or the GIT_DIR environment variable (see git(1)).

So, instead of:
git -c "safe.bareRepository=all" push --mirror https://github.com/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK-NAME.git

I think the correct answer would be something more like:
git --git-dir https://github.com/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK-NAME.git push --mirror

Those will both do the same thing in practice, but this version is getting there without needing to override a setting.

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If you are able to update your PR to match what our SME provided, we will be happy to get this merged ✨ thank you!

[jdknight]

• Tweaked the command to use --git-dir <bare> over moving (cd) into the bare before trying to push up the mirror.
• This drops the requirements of cding in and out of the bare repository.
• Tweaked FORK-NAME to just FORK to minimize the longer command length in an attempt to fit the command on a single line.

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[wiseemily88]

I tested out the steps and this worked for me!

[nguyenalex836]

@wiseemily88 Thank you very much for the review! ✨

@jdknight Thank you again for opening this PR! I'll update the branch and get this merged once tests are passing 💛

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