| git-init-db(1) | |
| ============== | |
| NAME | |
| ---- | |
| git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository | |
| SYNOPSIS | |
| -------- | |
| 'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared] | |
| OPTIONS | |
| ------- | |
| --template=<template_directory>:: | |
| Provide the directory in from which templates will be used. | |
| --shared:: | |
| Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users. | |
| DESCRIPTION | |
| ----------- | |
| This simply creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory | |
| and `.git/object/??/`, `.git/refs/heads` and `.git/refs/tags` directories, | |
| and links `.git/HEAD` symbolically to `.git/refs/heads/master`. | |
| If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path | |
| to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. | |
| If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` | |
| environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath - | |
| otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used. | |
| A shared repository allows users belonging to the same group to push into that | |
| repository. When specifying `--shared` the config variable "core.sharedRepository" | |
| is set to 'true' so that directories under `$GIT_DIR` are made group writable | |
| (and g+sx, since the git group may be not the primary group of all users). | |
| Running `git-init-db` in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite | |
| things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning `git-init-db` | |
| is to pick up newly added templates. | |
| EXAMPLES | |
| -------- | |
| Start a new git repository for an existing code base:: | |
| + | |
| ---------------- | |
| $ cd /path/to/my/codebase | |
| $ git-init-db <1> | |
| $ git-add . <2> | |
| <1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory | |
| <2> add all existing file to the index | |
| ---------------- | |
| Author | |
| ------ | |
| Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | |
| Documentation | |
| -------------- | |
| Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. | |
| GIT | |
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| Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite | |