1 files changed, 24 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index 3a45f0bcfb..72e81447ae 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -180,27 +180,30 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path)
 	char junk[2];
 	int reinit;
 	int filemode;
-
-	/*
-	 * Create .git/refs/{heads,tags}
-	 */
-	safe_create_dir(git_path_buf(&buf, "refs"), 1);
-	safe_create_dir(git_path_buf(&buf, "refs/heads"), 1);
-	safe_create_dir(git_path_buf(&buf, "refs/tags"), 1);
+	struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	/* Just look for `init.templatedir` */
 	git_config(git_init_db_config, NULL);
 
-	/* First copy the templates -- we might have the default
+	/*
+	 * First copy the templates -- we might have the default
 	 * config file there, in which case we would want to read
 	 * from it after installing.
+	 *
+	 * Before reading that config, we also need to clear out any cached
+	 * values (since we've just potentially changed what's available on
+	 * disk).
 	 */
 	copy_templates(template_path);
-
+	git_config_clear();
+	reset_shared_repository();
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
-	is_bare_repository_cfg = init_is_bare_repository;
 
-	/* reading existing config may have overwrote it */
+	/*
+	 * We must make sure command-line options continue to override any
+	 * values we might have just re-read from the config.
+	 */
+	is_bare_repository_cfg = init_is_bare_repository;
 	if (init_shared_repository != -1)
 		set_shared_repository(init_shared_repository);
 
@@ -210,12 +213,19 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path)
 	 */
 	if (get_shared_repository()) {
 		adjust_shared_perm(get_git_dir());
-		adjust_shared_perm(git_path_buf(&buf, "refs"));
-		adjust_shared_perm(git_path_buf(&buf, "refs/heads"));
-		adjust_shared_perm(git_path_buf(&buf, "refs/tags"));
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * We need to create a "refs" dir in any case so that older
+	 * versions of git can tell that this is a repository.
+	 */
+	safe_create_dir(git_path("refs"), 1);
+	adjust_shared_perm(git_path("refs"));
+
+	if (refs_init_db(&err))
+		die("failed to set up refs db: %s", err.buf);
+
+	/*
 	 * Create the default symlink from ".git/HEAD" to the "master"
 	 * branch, if it does not exist yet.
 	 */