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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: Is "show-ref -h" a good test for an empty repository?
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:34:34 -0400
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Cc: Eric Gerlach <egerlach@feds.uwaterloo.ca>, git@vger.kernel.org
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On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 10:31:52AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> All depends on how "an empty repository" is defined.  My definition of an
> empty repository would have been:
> 
>  - No objects in it;
>  - No index;
>  - No refs except symrefs.

Agreed. In the original message, he used the phrase "no existing
commits" which I latched onto (to mean "no existing commits on this
branch"). But the subject does say "empty repository". :)

Eric, maybe you can tell us more about what you're trying to accomplish?

-Peff