SYNOPSIS
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-'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared]
-
-
-OPTIONS
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---template=<template_directory>::
- Provide the directory from which templates will be used.
- The default template directory is `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
-
---shared::
- Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users.
+'git-init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
DESCRIPTION
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-This command creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory
-with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, and
-templated files.
-An initial `HEAD` file that references the HEAD of the master branch
-is also created.
-
-If `--template=<template_directory>` is specified, `<template_directory>`
-is used as the source of the template files rather than the default.
-The template files include some directory structure, some suggested
-"exclude patterns", and copies of non-executing "hook" files. The
-suggested patterns and hook files are all modifiable and extensible.
-
-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 `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used.
-
-A shared repository allows users belonging to the same group to push into that
-repository. When specifying `--shared` the config variable "core.sharedRepository"
-is set to 'true' so that directories under `$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
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-
-Start a new git repository for an existing code base::
-+
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-$ cd /path/to/my/codebase
-$ git-init-db <1>
-$ git-add . <2>
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-+
-<1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory
-<2> add all existing file to the index
-
-
-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 gitlink:git[7] suite
+This is a synonym for linkgit:git-init[1]. Please refer to the
+documentation of that command.