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-rw-r--r--builtin/init-db.c21
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index 3a45f0bcfb..80192f65e4 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -180,13 +180,7 @@ 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);
@@ -210,12 +204,19 @@ 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.
*/