1 files changed, 6 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index e51d447761..2854868b4e 100644
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -29,27 +29,6 @@ static void safe_create_dir(const char *dir, int share)
 		die("Could not make %s writable by group\n", dir);
 }
 
-static int copy_file(const char *dst, const char *src, int mode)
-{
-	int fdi, fdo, status;
-
-	mode = (mode & 0111) ? 0777 : 0666;
-	if ((fdi = open(src, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-		return fdi;
-	if ((fdo = open(dst, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, mode)) < 0) {
-		close(fdi);
-		return fdo;
-	}
-	status = copy_fd(fdi, fdo);
-	if (close(fdo) != 0)
-		return error("%s: write error: %s", dst, strerror(errno));
-
-	if (!status && adjust_shared_perm(dst))
-		return -1;
-
-	return status;
-}
-
 static void copy_templates_1(char *path, int baselen,
 			     char *template, int template_baselen,
 			     DIR *dir)
@@ -141,8 +120,9 @@ static void copy_templates(const char *git_dir, int len, const char *template_di
 		 */
 		template_dir = DEFAULT_GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR;
 		if (!is_absolute_path(template_dir)) {
-			const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
-			template_dir = prefix_filename(exec_path, strlen(exec_path), template_dir);
+			struct strbuf d = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_addf(&d, "%s/%s", git_exec_path(), template_dir);
+			template_dir = strbuf_detach(&d, NULL);
 		}
 	}
 	strcpy(template_path, template_dir);
@@ -187,9 +167,9 @@ 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];
+	char junk[2];
 	int reinit;
 	int filemode;
 
@@ -239,7 +219,8 @@ 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)
+		  || readlink(path, junk, sizeof(junk)-1) != -1);
 	if (!reinit) {
 		if (create_symref("HEAD", "refs/heads/master", NULL) < 0)
 			exit(1);