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git-init-db(1): Describe --shared and the idempotent nature of init-db

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Based on the recent discussion on the mailing list.

Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Jonas Fonseca 2005-12-31 18:30:25 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/git-init-db.txt
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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>]
'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared]
OPTIONS
@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ OPTIONS
--template=<template_directory>::
Provide the directory in from which templates will be used.
--shared::
Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users.
DESCRIPTION
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@ -30,7 +33,16 @@ If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY`
environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -
otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used.
`git-init-db` won't hurt an existing repository.
A shared repository allows users belonging to the same group to push into that
repository. When specifying `--shared` the config variable "core.sharedRepository"
is set to 'true' so that directories under `$GIT_DIR` are made group writable
(and g+sx, since the git group may be not the primary group of all users).
Running `git-init-db` in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite
things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning `git-init-db`
is to pick up newly added templates.
EXAMPLES