How do I check if a repository is bare?

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I'm getting the warning

warning: You did not specify any refspecs to push, and the current remote
warning: has not configured any push refspecs. The default action in this
warning: case is to push all matching refspecs, that is, all branches
warning: that exist both locally and remotely will be updated.  This may
warning: not necessarily be what you want to happen.
warning:
warning: You can specify what action you want to take in this case, and
warning: avoid seeing this message again, by configuring 'push.default' to:
warning:   'nothing'  : Do not push anything
warning:   'matching' : Push all matching branches (default)
warning:   'tracking' : Push the current branch to whatever it is tracking
warning:   'current'  : Push the current branch

which is (I think) a warning that remote is not bare. Yet I intended remote to be bare, and the directory (which is in the form foo.git) doesn't have a .git directory in it. How do I check that it is bare?

Extra information: The remote repository is on a computer with git 1.5.4.3, and the local repository has git 1.6.3.3. Both machines are Ubuntu - the local one is Karmic Koala, the remote one is an older version.

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