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

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 27, 2005, 18:01 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0512271859250.1618@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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Hi,
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> >> 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?
Yeah. Or a command line parameter "--exists" without which it fails?

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Do not allow git-init-db to be called twice in the same directoryJohannes Schindelin, Dec 26, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 27, 2005
  3. Johannes SchindelinDec 27, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 27, 2005
  5. Johannes SchindelinDec 27, 2005

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