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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2005-12-27 00:17:23 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2005-12-27 00:17:23 -0800 |
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diff --git a/git-init-db.txt b/git-init-db.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6deef9250 --- /dev/null +++ b/git-init-db.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +git-init-db(1) +============== + +NAME +---- +git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] + + +OPTIONS +------- +--template=<template_directory>:: + Provide the directory in from which templates will be used. + + +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 `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used. + +`git-init-db` won't hurt an existing repository. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +Start a new git repository for an existing code base:: ++ +---------------- +$ 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 +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite + |