From 1a538509d0232f1a532266e07da509875fe9e0d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Neumann <alexander@bumpern.de>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 10:31:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Document creating a new repo via REST

Closes #736
---
 doc/REST_backend.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/REST_backend.md b/doc/REST_backend.md
index 78a3fd4eb..095926a5a 100644
--- a/doc/REST_backend.md
+++ b/doc/REST_backend.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ following values are valid for `{type}`: `data`, `keys`, `locks`, `snapshots`,
 `index`, `config`. `{path}` is a path to the repository, so that multiple
 different repositories can be accessed. The default path is `/`.
 
+## POST {path}?create=true
+
+This request is used to initially create a new repository. The server responds
+with "200 OK" if the repository structure was created successfully, otherwise
+an error is returned. If the repo already exists, the HTTP error "409 Conflict"
+is returned.
+
 ## HEAD {path}/config
 
 Returns "200 OK" if the repository has a configuration,