When starting a new repository, I see my students often say
% git init newrepo
and curse git. They could say
% mkdir newrepo; cd newrepo; git init
but allowing it as an obvious short-cut may be nicer.
Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Please be gentle; I don't write C very well.
Documentation/git-init.txt | 5 ++++-
builtin-init-db.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
t/t0001-init.sh | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 7151d12..f081b24 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
+'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
OPTIONS
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastForwards is enabled
in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non fast-forwarding push
into it.
+If you name a (possibly non-existent) directory at the end of the command
+line, the command is run inside the directory (possibly after creating it).
+
--
diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index 4a56006..100db73 100644
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static int guess_repository_type(const char *git_dir)
}
static const char init_db_usage[] =
-"git init [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]";
+"git init [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]";
/*
* If you want to, you can share the DB area with any number of branches.
@@ -384,27 +384,48 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
const char *git_dir;
const char *template_dir = NULL;
unsigned int flags = 0;
+ int bare_given = 0;
int i;
for (i = 1; i < argc; i++, argv++) {
const char *arg = argv[1];
if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--template="))
template_dir = arg+11;
- else if (!strcmp(arg, "--bare")) {
- static char git_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
- is_bare_repository_cfg = 1;
- setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, getcwd(git_dir,
- sizeof(git_dir)), 0);
- } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--shared"))
+ else if (!strcmp(arg, "--bare"))
+ bare_given = is_bare_repository_cfg = 1;
+ else if (!strcmp(arg, "--shared"))
init_shared_repository = PERM_GROUP;
else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--shared="))
init_shared_repository = git_config_perm("arg", arg+9);
else if (!strcmp(arg, "-q") || !strcmp(arg, "--quiet"))
flags |= INIT_DB_QUIET;
- else
+ else if (arg[0] == '-')
usage(init_db_usage);
+ else
+ break;
}
+ if (i == argc - 1) {
+ int mkdir_tried = 0;
+ retry:
+ if (chdir(argv[1]) < 0) {
+ if (!mkdir_tried) {
+ if (mkdir(argv[1], 0777) < 0)
+ die_errno("cannot mkdir %s", argv[1]);
+ mkdir_tried = 1;
+ goto retry;
+ }
+ die_errno("cannot chdir to %s", argv[1]);
+ }
+ } else if (i < argc - 1) {
+ usage(init_db_usage);
+ }
+ if (bare_given == 1) {
+ static char git_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
+
+ setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT,
+ getcwd(git_dir, sizeof(git_dir)), 0);
+ }
if (init_shared_repository != -1)
shared_repository = init_shared_repository;
diff --git a/t/t0001-init.sh b/t/t0001-init.sh
index e3d8464..0ded031 100755
--- a/t/t0001-init.sh
+++ b/t/t0001-init.sh
@@ -208,4 +208,38 @@ test_expect_success 'init rejects insanely long --template' '
)
'
+test_expect_success 'init creates a new directory' '
+ rm -fr newdir &&
+ (
+ git init newdir &&
+ test -d newdir/.git/refs
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'init creates a new bare directory' '
+ rm -fr newdir &&
+ (
+ git init --bare newdir &&
+ test -d newdir/refs
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'init recreates a directory' '
+ rm -fr newdir &&
+ (
+ mkdir newdir &&
+ git init newdir &&
+ test -d newdir/.git/refs
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'init recreates a new bare directory' '
+ rm -fr newdir &&
+ (
+ mkdir newdir &&
+ git init --bare newdir &&
+ test -d newdir/refs
+ )
+'
+
test_done
--
Nanako Shiraishi
http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/
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