Documentation/git-init-db.txt

   1 git-init-db(1)
   2 ==============
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>]
  12
  13
  14 OPTIONS
  15 -------
  16 --template=<template_directory>::
  17         Provide the directory in from which templates will be used.
  18
  19
  20 DESCRIPTION
  21 -----------
  22 This simply creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory
  23 and `.git/object/??/`, `.git/refs/heads` and `.git/refs/tags` directories,
  24 and links `.git/HEAD` symbolically to `.git/refs/heads/master`.
  25
  26 If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
  27 to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
  28
  29 If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY`
  30 environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -
  31 otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used.
  32
  33 `git-init-db` won't hurt an existing repository.
  34
  35
  36 EXAMPLES
  37 --------
  38
  39 Start a new git repository for an existing code base::
  40 +
  41 ----------------
  42 $ cd /path/to/my/codebase
  43 $ git-init-db <1>
  44 $ git-add . <2>
  45
  46 <1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory
  47 <2> add all existing file to the index
  48 ----------------
  49
  50
  51 Author
  52 ------
  53 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  54
  55 Documentation
  56 --------------
  57 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  58
  59 GIT
  60 ---
  61 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  62