diff --git a/content/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/detaching-a-fork.md b/content/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/detaching-a-fork.md
index c90c21e04037..3f41d1f4a44a 100644
--- a/content/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/detaching-a-fork.md
+++ b/content/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/detaching-a-fork.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ You can delete a fork and recreate the same repository, without the connection t
 
    ```shell
    cd FORK-NAME.git
-   git push --mirror https://github.com/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK-NAME.git
+   git -c "safe.bareRepository=all" push --mirror https://github.com/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK-NAME.git
    ```
 
 1. Remove temporary local clone you created earlier.