git-init-db(1)
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-v0.1, May 2005
NAME
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-git-init-db - Creates an empty git object database
+git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-init-db'
+'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
+
DESCRIPTION
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-This simply creates an empty git object database - basically a `.git`
-directory and `.git/object/??/` directories.
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-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/objects` directory is used.
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-"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>.
-GIT
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-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+This is a synonym for gitlink:git-init[1]. Please refer to the
+documentation of that command.