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[PATCH 1/4] split core-git.txt and update Split the core-git.txt file Formatting fix to the diff-format.txt Signed-off-by: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
2005-05-10 23:32:30 +02:00
git-init-db(1)
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v0.1, May 2005
NAME
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[PATCH] Assorted documentation patches [jc: Johannes spent time and effort to see how consistent our use of terminilogy is, and as a byproduct made these corrections not related to the terminology unification. I really appreciate it.] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-08-05 17:05:02 +02:00
git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository
[PATCH 1/4] split core-git.txt and update Split the core-git.txt file Formatting fix to the diff-format.txt Signed-off-by: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
2005-05-10 23:32:30 +02:00
SYNOPSIS
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'git-init-db'
DESCRIPTION
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[PATCH] Assorted documentation patches [jc: Johannes spent time and effort to see how consistent our use of terminilogy is, and as a byproduct made these corrections not related to the terminology unification. I really appreciate it.] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-08-05 17:05:02 +02:00
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`.
[PATCH 1/4] split core-git.txt and update Split the core-git.txt file Formatting fix to the diff-format.txt Signed-off-by: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
2005-05-10 23:32:30 +02:00
[PATCH 3/4] split core-git.txt and update Update git environment variable docs Update first section of command docs (Manipulation commands section) Signed-off-by: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
2005-05-10 23:32:38 +02:00
If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it specifies a path
to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
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2005-05-10 23:32:30 +02:00
If the object storage directory is specified via the 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY'
environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -
[PATCH] Assorted documentation patches [jc: Johannes spent time and effort to see how consistent our use of terminilogy is, and as a byproduct made these corrections not related to the terminology unification. I really appreciate it.] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-08-05 17:05:02 +02:00
otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used.
[PATCH 1/4] split core-git.txt and update Split the core-git.txt file Formatting fix to the diff-format.txt Signed-off-by: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
2005-05-10 23:32:30 +02:00
"git-init-db" won't hurt an existing repository.
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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