Earlier, git-init tested for a valid HEAD ref, but if the repository
was empty, there was none. Instead, test for the existence of
the file $GIT_DIR/HEAD.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <redacted>
---
I realised this while testing the core.initHook patch.
builtin-init-db.c | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index 1975910..ceb4727 100644
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -168,10 +168,9 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *git_dir, const char *template_path)
{
unsigned len = strlen(git_dir);
static char path[PATH_MAX];
- unsigned char sha1[20];
struct stat st1;
char repo_version_string[10]; int reinit;
int filemode;
if (len > sizeof(path)-50)
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *git_dir, const char *template_path)
* branch, if it does not exist yet.
*/
strcpy(path + len, "HEAD");
- reinit = !read_ref("HEAD", sha1);
+ reinit = !access(path, R_OK);
if (!reinit) {
if (create_symref("HEAD", "refs/heads/master", NULL) < 0)
exit(1);--
1.5.5.rc1.178.gd799d