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-rw-r--r--builtin/clone.c3
-rw-r--r--builtin/init-db.c33
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index cb48a291ca..487b0a42d7 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -1108,7 +1108,8 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
}
}
- init_db(git_dir, real_git_dir, option_template, GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN, INIT_DB_QUIET);
+ init_db(git_dir, real_git_dir, option_template, GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN, NULL,
+ INIT_DB_QUIET);
if (real_git_dir)
git_dir = real_git_dir;
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index 0b7222e718..8fdfc334ac 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ void initialize_repository_version(int hash_algo)
static int create_default_files(const char *template_path,
const char *original_git_dir,
+ const char *initial_branch,
const struct repository_format *fmt)
{
struct stat st1;
@@ -258,15 +259,26 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path,
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.
+ * Point the HEAD symref to the initial branch with if HEAD does
+ * not yet exist.
*/
path = git_path_buf(&buf, "HEAD");
reinit = (!access(path, R_OK)
|| readlink(path, junk, sizeof(junk)-1) != -1);
if (!reinit) {
- if (create_symref("HEAD", "refs/heads/master", NULL) < 0)
+ char *ref;
+
+ if (!initial_branch)
+ initial_branch = "master";
+
+ ref = xstrfmt("refs/heads/%s", initial_branch);
+ if (check_refname_format(ref, 0) < 0)
+ die(_("invalid initial branch name: '%s'"),
+ initial_branch);
+
+ if (create_symref("HEAD", ref, NULL) < 0)
exit(1);
+ free(ref);
}
initialize_repository_version(fmt->hash_algo);
@@ -383,7 +395,8 @@ static void validate_hash_algorithm(struct repository_format *repo_fmt, int hash
}
int init_db(const char *git_dir, const char *real_git_dir,
- const char *template_dir, int hash, unsigned int flags)
+ const char *template_dir, int hash, const char *initial_branch,
+ unsigned int flags)
{
int reinit;
int exist_ok = flags & INIT_DB_EXIST_OK;
@@ -425,7 +438,11 @@ int init_db(const char *git_dir, const char *real_git_dir,
validate_hash_algorithm(&repo_fmt, hash);
- reinit = create_default_files(template_dir, original_git_dir, &repo_fmt);
+ reinit = create_default_files(template_dir, original_git_dir,
+ initial_branch, &repo_fmt);
+ if (reinit && initial_branch)
+ warning(_("re-init: ignored --initial-branch=%s"),
+ initial_branch);
create_object_directory();
@@ -528,6 +545,7 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
const char *template_dir = NULL;
unsigned int flags = 0;
const char *object_format = NULL;
+ const char *initial_branch = NULL;
int hash_algo = GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN;
const struct option init_db_options[] = {
OPT_STRING(0, "template", &template_dir, N_("template-directory"),
@@ -541,6 +559,8 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_BIT('q', "quiet", &flags, N_("be quiet"), INIT_DB_QUIET),
OPT_STRING(0, "separate-git-dir", &real_git_dir, N_("gitdir"),
N_("separate git dir from working tree")),
+ OPT_STRING('b', "initial-branch", &initial_branch, N_("name"),
+ N_("override the name of the initial branch")),
OPT_STRING(0, "object-format", &object_format, N_("hash"),
N_("specify the hash algorithm to use")),
OPT_END()
@@ -652,5 +672,6 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
UNLEAK(work_tree);
flags |= INIT_DB_EXIST_OK;
- return init_db(git_dir, real_git_dir, template_dir, hash_algo, flags);
+ return init_db(git_dir, real_git_dir, template_dir, hash_algo,
+ initial_branch, flags);
}