/**
* Create a hive instance at the specified file location.
*
* @param location file to (bare) git directory where the hive is located
* @param create flag to create the hive, or open an exisiting hive
*/
public Hive(final File location, final boolean create) {
try {
branchName = "refs/heads/swarmdb";
repository = new Repository(location);
if (create) {
repository.create();
createVersionInfo();
repository.writeSymref(Constants.HEAD, branchName);
}
// TODO: check version compatibility
} catch (final Exception e) {
throw new SwarmdbException(
"Unable to create git repository at " + location.getAbsolutePath(), e);
}
}
