diff --git a/sql/bin/db-init b/sql/bin/db-init
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-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-# Must be run as (a) Postgres super user
-
-SQL_INIT=swh-init.sql
-SQL_ENUMS=swh-enums.sql
-SQL_SCHEMA=swh-schema.sql
-SQL_FUNC=swh-func.sql
-SQL_INDEX=swh-indexes.sql
-SQL_TRIGGER=swh-triggers.sql
-SQL_DATA=swh-data.sql
-ROOT_SQLS="$SQL_INIT"
-USER_SQLS="$SQL_ENUMS $SQL_SCHEMA $SQL_FUNC $SQL_INDEX $SQL_TRIGGER $SQL_DATA"
-SQLS="$ROOT_SQLS $USER_SQLS"
-
-DB_ENCODING="UTF-8"
-DB_LOCALE="C.UTF-8"
-DB_TEMPLATE="template0"
-
-cd "$( dirname $0 )/.."
-
-if ! [ -f "$SQL_INIT" ] ; then
-    echo "Cannot find $SQL_INIT. Abort."
-    exit 2
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
-    echo "Usage: bin/db-init DB_NAME [DB_PORT]"
-    echo "Example: bin/db-init softwareheritage-dev"
-    echo "Note: DB_NAME should not exist and will be created"
-    exit 2
-fi
-db_name="$1"
-port=${2:-5432}
-
-conn_flags="--port $port"
-
-echo "I: creating Postgres database ${db_name} ..."
-createdb $conn_flags \
-         --encoding "$DB_ENCODING" --locale "$DB_LOCALE" \
-         --template "$DB_TEMPLATE" "$db_name"
-
-sqls_flags=''
-for f in $SQLS ; do
-    sqls_flags="${sqls_flags} --file ${f}"
-done
-
-echo "I: initializing DB ${db_name} ..."
-psql $conn_flags ${sqls_flags} "$db_name"
-
-echo "I: all done."