Make "init" the equivalent of "init-db". This should make first GIT
impression a little more friendly.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Everybody uses these commands to maintain git repositories.
- * gitlink:git-init-db[1] or gitlink:git-clone[1] to create a
+ * gitlink:git-init[1] or gitlink:git-clone[1] to create a
new repository.
* gitlink:git-fsck-objects[1] to check the repository for errors.
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$ tar zxf frotz.tar.gz
$ cd frotz
-$ git-init-db
+$ git-init
$ git add . <1>
$ git commit -m 'import of frotz source tree.'
$ git tag v2.43 <2>
things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning `git-init-db`
is to pick up newly added templates.
+Note that `git-init` is the same as `git-init-db`.
EXAMPLES
gitlink:git-index-pack[1]::
Build pack idx file for an existing packed archive.
+gitlink:git-init[1]::
gitlink:git-init-db[1]::
Creates an empty git object database, or reinitialize an
existing one.
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$ mkdir test-project
$ cd test-project
-$ git init-db
+$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
$ echo 'hello world' > file.txt
$ git add .
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$ tar xzf project.tar.gz
$ cd project
-$ git init-db
+$ git init
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Git will reply
BUILT_INS = \
git-format-patch$X git-show$X git-whatchanged$X git-cherry$X \
- git-get-tar-commit-id$X \
+ git-get-tar-commit-id$X git-init$X \
$(patsubst builtin-%.o,git-%$X,$(BUILTIN_OBJS))
# what 'all' will build and 'install' will install, in gitexecdir
}
static const char init_db_usage[] =
-"git-init-db [--template=<template-directory>] [--shared]";
+"git-init [--template=<template-directory>] [--shared]";
/*
* If you want to, you can share the DB area with any number of branches.
{ "get-tar-commit-id", cmd_get_tar_commit_id },
{ "grep", cmd_grep, RUN_SETUP },
{ "help", cmd_help },
+ { "init", cmd_init_db },
{ "init-db", cmd_init_db },
{ "log", cmd_log, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
{ "ls-files", cmd_ls_files, RUN_SETUP },