| git-init-db(1) |
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| NAME |
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| git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository |
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| SYNOPSIS |
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| 'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] |
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| OPTIONS |
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| --template=<template_directory>:: |
| Provide the directory in from which templates will be used. |
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| DESCRIPTION |
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| 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`. |
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| If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path |
| to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. |
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| If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` |
| environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath - |
| otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used. |
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| `git-init-db` won't hurt an existing repository. |
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| EXAMPLES |
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| Start a new git repository for an existing code base:: |
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| $ cd /path/to/my/codebase |
| $ git-init-db |
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| Author |
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| Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |
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| Documentation |
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| Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. |
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| GIT |
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| Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |
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