Make repo init more robust.

The setDifferences that got added to initialize turns out to make a git
commit, and before ensureCommit has been used. Thus, repo init can fail
when the system has a broken hostname etc.

Move the ensureCommit to the very first thing to avoid this kind of breakage.

Annex/Init.hs

@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@ genDescription Nothing = do
 
 initialize :: Maybe String -> Annex ()
 initialize mdescription = do
+	{- This will make the first commit to git, so ensure git is set up
+	 - properly to allow commits when running it. -}
+	ensureCommit $ Annex.Branch.create
+
 	prepUUID
 	initialize'
 
 	u <- getUUID
-	{- This will make the first commit to git, so ensure git is set up
+	describeUUID u =<< genDescription mdescription
-	 - properly to allow commits when running it. -}
-	ensureCommit $ do
-		Annex.Branch.create
-		describeUUID u =<< genDescription mdescription
 
 -- Everything except for uuid setup.
 initialize' :: Annex ()

debian/changelog

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ git-annex (5.20150410) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * required: New command, like wanted, but for required content.
   * Removed dependency on haskell SHA library,
     instead using cryptohash >= 0.11.0.
+  * Make repo init more robust.
   * Windows: Renamed start menu file to avoid loop in some versions
     of Windows where the menu file is treated as a git-annex program.
   * Windows: Fixed support of remotes on other drives.