-mkdir /var/www/html/irclogs
-chown plom:plom /var/www/html/irclogs
-mkdir /var/www/irclogs_pw
-chown plom:plom /var/www/irclogs_pw
-su -lc "cd /var/repos && git clone --mirror https://plomlompom.com/repos/clone/plomlombot-irc" plom
-su -lc "touch /var/repos/plomlombot-irc.git/git-daemon-export-ok" plom
-cp "${config_tree_prefix}/other_files/plomlombot_hook_post-receive" /var/repos/plomlombot-irc.git/hooks/post-receive
+irclogs_dir=/var/www/html/irclogs
+irclogs_pw_dir=/var/www/irclogs_pw
+mkdir -p "${irclogs_dir}"
+chown -R plom:plom "${irclogs_dir}"
+mkdir -p "${irclogs_pw_dir}"
+chown -R plom:plom "${irclogs_pw_dir}"
+if [ "${init_state}" = "new" ]; then
+ # Handle the case that the repo is in the old pre-buster server setup –
+ # even then, the URL should be the same.
+ su -lc "cd /var/repos && git clone --mirror https://plomlompom.com/repos/clone/plomlombot-irc" plom
+ su -lc "touch /var/repos/plomlombot-irc.git/git-daemon-export-ok" plom
+ cp "${config_tree_prefix}/other_files/plomlombot_hook_post-receive" /var/repos/plomlombot-irc.git/hooks/post-receive
+fi