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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index ef1826ae67..4486f0c1cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -8,7 +8,14 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-init-db' +'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] + + +OPTIONS +------- +--template=<template_directory>:: + Provide the directory in from which templates will be used. + DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -16,14 +23,26 @@ 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 +If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. -If the object storage directory is specified via the 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY' +If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath - otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used. -"git-init-db" won't hurt an existing repository. +`git-init-db` won't hurt an existing repository. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +Start a new git repository for an existing code base:: ++ +---------------- +$ cd /path/to/my/codebase +$ git-init-db +---------------- + Author |