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

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Jan 11, 2007, 06:47 UTC
Message-ID: <7vmz4q5abe.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <8664bedsbc.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

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> 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.

;-)

---

diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 36838c7..30d9834 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -1 +1,17 @@
-include::git-init-db.txt[]
+git-init(1)
+===========
+
+NAME
+----
+git-init - Creates an empty git repository
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git-init' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+This is a silly synonym for gitlink:git-init-db[1].  Learn to use that
+command instead.