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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 20:18:20 +0000
From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com>
Cc: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: Re: How to initialize Git repos
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Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I edit the config file manually, i.e. without public-inbox-init,

You can still use -init, it should be idempotent

> I see errors until messages are added, such as:
> 
>     ($INBOX_DIR/description missing)

for v1, it's the same as $GIT_DIR/description gitweb uses.
for v2 it's the same thing at the top-level (same level as all.git)

> or
>     fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /srv)
>     Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
>     error in git rev-parse --git-dir (cwd:.):
> 
> How may I initialize a new Git repo before adding any messages, please?

Not sure, v1 should just be a bare git repo (git init --bare).