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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ef1826ae67 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +git-init-db(1) +============== + +NAME +---- +git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-init-db' + +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. + + +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 + |