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63 lines
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git-init-db(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>]
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OPTIONS
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-------
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--template=<template_directory>::
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Provide the directory in from which templates will be used.
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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This simply creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory
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and `.git/object/??/`, `.git/refs/heads` and `.git/refs/tags` directories,
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and links `.git/HEAD` symbolically to `.git/refs/heads/master`.
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If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
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to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
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If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY`
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environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -
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otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used.
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`git-init-db` won't hurt an existing repository.
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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Start a new git repository for an existing code base::
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+
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$ cd /path/to/my/codebase
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$ git-init-db <1>
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$ git-add . <2>
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<1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory
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<2> add all existing file to the index
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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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---
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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