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Re: [BUG] OSX ends with "install: git-init.1: No such file or directory"

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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Jan 11, 2007, 09:57 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
> 
>> If I cd into Documentation, and try to make "git-init.1", I get this:
>>
>>     % make git-init.1
>>     asciidoc -b docbook -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf git-init.txt
>>     xmlto -m callouts.xsl man git-init.xml
>>     Note: meta date   : No date. Using generated date       git-init-db
>>     Note: meta source : No productname or alternative       git-init-db
>>     Note: meta source : No refmiscinfo@class=source         git-init-db
>>     Note: meta version: No productnumber or alternative     git-init-db
>>     Note: meta version: No refmiscinfo@class=version        git-init-db
>>     Warn: meta source : No valid fallback. Leaving empty    git-init-db
>>     Note: meta manual : No ancestor with title              git-init-db
>>     Note: meta manual : No refmiscinfo@class=manual         git-init-db
>>     Warn: meta manual : No valid fallback. Leaving empty    git-init-db
>>     Note: Writing git-init-db.1
>>     rm git-init.xml
>>
>> That's not good. Making git-init-db when it wants git-init.
> 
> Not good.  I am _very_ tempted to do this.
> 

Perhaps, but "git init-db" does a lot more than just initialise the object database (such as setting default config-variables, installing template hooks...). "git init" is actually a more sensible name now adays.

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  1. Randal L. SchwartzJan 11, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2007
  3. Andreas EricssonJan 11, 2007
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