diff --git a/scripts/copy-repo.fish b/scripts/copy-repo.fish
index 1d0e788e..36ce67bd 100755
--- a/scripts/copy-repo.fish
+++ b/scripts/copy-repo.fish
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ begin
     set -l target "$argv[1]"
     set -l dir "$(status dirname)/.."
     git clone "$dir" "$target"
+    cp "$dir/.git/config" "$target/.git/config"
     git -C "$dir" diff HEAD | git -C "$target" apply --allow-empty &> /dev/null
 
     and git -C "$dir" ls-files --exclude-standard --others | \