git-init-db(1) ============== NAME ---- git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-init-db' [--template=] OPTIONS ------- --template=:: Provide the directory in from which templates will be used. DESCRIPTION ----------- 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`. If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. If the object storage directory is specified via the `$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. EXAMPLES -------- Start a new git repository for an existing code base:: + ---------------- $ cd /path/to/my/codebase $ git-init-db ---------------- Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds Documentation -------------- Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list . GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite