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git-init-db(1)
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NAME
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git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository
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SYNOPSIS
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'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared]
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OPTIONS
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--template=<template_directory>::
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Provide the directory from which templates will be used.
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The default template directory is `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
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--shared::
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Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users.
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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This command creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory
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with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, and
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template files.
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An initial `HEAD` file that references the HEAD of the master branch
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is also created.
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If `--template=<template_directory>` is specified, `<template_directory>`
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is used as the source of the template files rather than the default.
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The template files include some directory structure, some suggested
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"exclude patterns", and copies of non-executing "hook" files. The
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suggested patterns and hook files are all modifiable and extensible.
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If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
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to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
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If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY`
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environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -
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otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used.
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A shared repository allows users belonging to the same group to push into that
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repository. When specifying `--shared` the config variable "core.sharedRepository"
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is set to 'true' so that directories under `$GIT_DIR` are made group writable
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(and g+sx, since the git group may be not the primary group of all users).
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Running `git-init-db` in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite
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things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning `git-init-db`
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is to pick up newly added templates.
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EXAMPLES
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Start a new git repository for an existing code base::
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$ cd /path/to/my/codebase
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$ git-init-db <1>
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$ git-add . <2>
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----------------
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+
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<1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory
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<2> add all existing file to the index
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Author
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------
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Documentation
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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