From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7CCA1F8C6 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:15:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230234AbhFYJRb (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:17:31 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42904 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229839AbhFYJR3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:17:29 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-x331.google.com (mail-wm1-x331.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::331]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86184C061574 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x331.google.com with SMTP id h21-20020a1ccc150000b02901d4d33c5ca0so5372269wmb.3 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:15:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=99pwuTCzrCx7+pKLGdAGadltALpi6HDPj46SK/0FXdY=; b=UtO+F+V/Dm2u1Au3/+vhreQnXkzg7IjZy3/lyJLZSSBi1aMrg9SAcqIf4OYviup7+o 1VUzTUK4H94CHOuHZzypXtnFGgGPq1UKsCi4+CcIPlLex+NMpkbeEKJ3TKOcYmU9xF2F sje3b+0Wv+rY/VV3Rwj0NTjtP7CR7Q+SCv1SrvofyoOxQ53UCOFkFkHHNaUV4dKZfaia LH3gLRN0gHqC/x4vx9Rzux1SD9+Oo79S91bhisHBKf66qcRDflWmaLPgh+QeOOTDkGHG pn38D1trUt4oFmf8t3tpSt2Zp/2NRtfagZDgSHJwLMkyoSo6dhf2yeOydqQX/q2uE146 FwqQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=99pwuTCzrCx7+pKLGdAGadltALpi6HDPj46SK/0FXdY=; b=jzPRJg5CdaiYfpR/GAwYOuSntxlA50g61XDWDBmzRFsi59StjnxmesQQHL+HKp1sC8 9QjI0FeGdR9HDL4Gn7BnYNfHdowwND+pOeTKAStQJuizSOI48RxLZ4g7/tbjG0m1mNGJ Cx9iE5V40fQJE9n6aMU3eqNGYtUhYlSqYvvrTfLZWaJLlVba5zOi1DKT+E5dGrAkT5Df cgPtVKuok+0Mg3KQl/ai/6KHRAGwdTZ3iKqX2/DMGYPEtsyFEgawqP2I1OYOIcR/4v7U TFl9XijXCROVG6eYvyJK21Wwu7AlQMTLJWnoipYb+sB3aJ5c0HLDYo7+Xp1sE/mG+Hks VThA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532j3r8YS//W2CZVOGOIw/HjdggbYInHB32D8w6D7HOmIHM2N3CN 5lH7DwfOB4wz+/Rvn6NI+BFirk8VPw4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzqk7HiCkcHq9QlmlpPdtBRYJUnv5I9z8V4QMdVibRg+GB5jX3VrNW//Jj4jVRDa10abyQ3tw== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:c911:: with SMTP id f17mr9499603wmb.60.1624612506906; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:15:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.5.102] ([87.116.163.143]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k2sm5484645wrw.93.2021.06.25.02.15.06 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:15:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Definition of "the Git repository" To: Kevin Buckley , git@vger.kernel.org References: <7dd55e85-38eb-7346-ff10-7124102cd22b@pawsey.org.au> From: Igor Djordjevic Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:14:54 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7dd55e85-38eb-7346-ff10-7124102cd22b@pawsey.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 25/06/2021 03:44, Kevin Buckley wrote: > > In the way I think of it > > git init > > initialises a Git repository, however, the only thing that changes > as a result is that a .git directory has been created, ergo, the > .git directory is the repository. Another way to look at it could be that you possibly have a repository already, and `git init` only makes it a Git repository... ;) Joking aside, for a looong train of thoughts, see that other reply[1]. Regards, Buga [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/9099ab09-f6d0-f1e2-1b8e-a55d22a903c5@gmail.com/