From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:18:12 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not allow git-init-db to be called twice in the same directory Message-ID: <7vbqz3ibhn.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin writes: > t5300 is also adapted, since it relies heavily on init-db not complaining > when $GIT_DIR already exists. I think it tries not to overwrite things that are already there and is meant to be safe to run in an already populated repository; e.g. you should be able to use it to pick up newly added templates. Is there a particular reason running the current init-db twice is undesirable?