fixed http clone

but do we really nedd to create a blank commit?
I dont think ngit-relay does that.
Do we need to se the default branch or is this automatic?

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/nostr/builder.rs b/src/nostr/builder.rs
index 259c380..a0b82f4 100644
--- a/src/nostr/builder.rs
+++ b/src/nostr/builder.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,40 @@ impl Nip34WritePolicy {
             return Err(format!("git init failed: {}", stderr));
         }
 
+        // Create an initial empty commit so the repository can be cloned
+        // This is required because git clone fails on completely empty repositories
+        let output = std::process::Command::new("git")
+            .args(&[
+                "--git-dir", repo_path.to_str().unwrap(),
+                "commit-tree", "-m", "Initial empty commit",
+                "4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904" // Empty tree hash
+            ])
+            .output()
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to create initial commit: {}", e))?;
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+            tracing::warn!("Failed to create initial commit (repository may not be cloneable): {}", stderr);
+            // Don't fail here - the repository was created successfully
+        } else {
+            // Extract commit hash from stdout
+            let commit_hash = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string();
+            
+            // Create master branch pointing to this commit
+            let output = std::process::Command::new("git")
+                .args(&[
+                    "--git-dir", repo_path.to_str().unwrap(),
+                    "update-ref", "refs/heads/master", &commit_hash
+                ])
+                .output()
+                .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to create master branch: {}", e))?;
+
+            if !output.status.success() {
+                let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+                tracing::warn!("Failed to create master branch: {}", stderr);
+            }
+        }
+
         tracing::info!("Created bare repository at {}", repo_path.display());
         Ok(())
     }