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NAME

6       git-annex-init - initialize git-annex
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SYNOPSIS

9       git annex init [description]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Until  a  repository (or one of its remotes) has been initialized, git-
13       annex will refuse to operate on it, to avoid accidentally using it in a
14       repository that was not intended to have an annex.
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16       It's  useful,  but  not  mandatory,  to  initialize each new clone of a
17       repository with its own description. If you don't provide one, one will
18       be generated using the username, hostname and the path.
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20       If  any special remotes were configured with autoenable=true, this will
21       also attempt to enable them. See git-annex-initremote(1).   To  disable
22       this,  re-enable  a  remote with "autoenable=false", or mark it as dead
23       (see git-annex-dead(1)).
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25       This command is entirely  safe,  although  usually  pointless,  to  run
26       inside an already initialized git-annex repository.
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28       A  top-level  .noannex file will prevent git-annex init from being used
29       in a repository. This is useful for repositories  that  have  a  policy
30       reason  not to use git-annex. The content of the file will be displayed
31       to the user who tries to run git-annex init.
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OPTIONS

34       --version=N
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36              Force  the  repository  to  be  initialized  using  a  different
37              annex.version than the current default.
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SEE ALSO

40       git-annex(1)
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42       git-annex-describe(1)
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44       git-annex-reinit(1)
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46       git-init(1)
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AUTHOR

49       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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