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Re: [PATCH] Do not allow git-init-db to be called twice in the same directory

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Dec 27, 2005, 16:47 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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>> Is there a particular reason running the current init-db twice
>> is undesirable?
>
> In my case, yes. When I do that, it means that I did not correctly 
> change directories. I fscked up my private git repository twice that way.

Maybe a warning (e.g. "rerunning in an already set up repository") is in order?

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