What is the difference between git clone --bare and --mirror?

Question

git

There is a task to clone a public repository into a private one so that later you can merge changes from a public one into a private one (only the master, without brunches, unilaterally).

Answer 1

bare repository does not contain source code - only the .git folder
is used mainly on the server (it makes no sense for the server to also store uncompressed sources)