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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com>
Cc: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: Re: How to initialize Git repos
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 20:18:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240329201820.M667212@dcvr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87edbv3jtc.fsf@lease-up.com>

Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I edit the config file manually, i.e. without public-inbox-init,

You can still use -init, it should be idempotent

> I see errors until messages are added, such as:
> 
>     ($INBOX_DIR/description missing)

for v1, it's the same as $GIT_DIR/description gitweb uses.
for v2 it's the same thing at the top-level (same level as all.git)

> or
>     fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /srv)
>     Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
>     error in git rev-parse --git-dir (cwd:.):
> 
> How may I initialize a new Git repo before adding any messages, please?

Not sure, v1 should just be a bare git repo (git init --bare).

      reply	other threads:[~2024-03-29 20:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-27 13:06 How to initialize Git repos Felix Lechner
2024-03-29 20:18 ` Eric Wong [this message]

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