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6 git-init - Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing
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10 git init [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>]
11 [--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
12 [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
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16 This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a .git
17 directory with subdirectories for objects, refs/heads, refs/tags, and
18 template files. An initial HEAD file that references the HEAD of the
19 master branch is also created.
20 If the $GIT_DIR environment variable is set then it specifies a path to
22 use instead of ./.git for the base of the repository.
23 If the object storage directory is specified via the
25 $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY environment variable then the sha1 directories
26 are created underneath - otherwise the default $GIT_DIR/objects
27 directory is used.
28 Running git init in an existing repository is safe. It will not
30 overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for
31 rerunning git init is to pick up newly added templates (or to move the
32 repository to another place if --separate-git-dir is given).
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35 -q, --quiet
36 Only print error and warning messages; all other output will be
37 suppressed.
38 --bare
40 Create a bare repository. If GIT_DIR environment is not set, it is
41 set to the current working directory.
42 --template=<template_directory>
44 Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the
45 "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.)
46 --separate-git-dir=<git dir>
48 Instead of initializing the repository as a directory to either
49 $GIT_DIR or ./.git/, create a text file there containing the path
50 to the actual repository. This file acts as filesystem-agnostic Git
51 symbolic link to the repository.
52 If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the
54 specified path.
55 --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]
57 Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several
58 users. This allows users belonging to the same group to push into
59 that repository. When specified, the config variable
60 "core.sharedRepository" is set so that files and directories under
61 $GIT_DIR are created with the requested permissions. When not
62 specified, Git will use permissions reported by umask(2).
63 The option can have the following values, defaulting to group if no
65 value is given:
66 umask (or false)
68 Use permissions reported by umask(2). The default, when
69 --shared is not specified.
70 group (or true)
72 Make the repository group-writable, (and g+sx, since the git
73 group may be not the primary group of all users). This is used
74 to loosen the permissions of an otherwise safe umask(2) value.
75 Note that the umask still applies to the other permission bits
76 (e.g. if umask is 0022, using group will not remove read
77 privileges from other (non-group) users). See 0xxx for how to
78 exactly specify the repository permissions.
79 all (or world or everybody)
81 Same as group, but make the repository readable by all users.
82 0xxx
84 0xxx is an octal number and each file will have mode 0xxx.
85 0xxx will override users' umask(2) value (and not only loosen
86 permissions as group and all does). 0640 will create a
87 repository which is group-readable, but not group-writable or
88 accessible to others. 0660 will create a repo that is readable
89 and writable to the current user and group, but inaccessible to
90 others.
91 By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastForwards is
93 enabled in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non
94 fast-forwarding push into it.
95 If you provide a directory, the command is run inside it. If this
97 directory does not exist, it will be created.
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100 Files and directories in the template directory whose name do not start
101 with a dot will be copied to the $GIT_DIR after it is created.
102 The template directory will be one of the following (in order):
104 · the argument given with the --template option;
106 · the contents of the $GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR environment variable;
108 · the init.templateDir configuration variable; or
110 · the default template directory: /usr/share/git-core/templates.
112 The default template directory includes some directory structure,
114 suggested "exclude patterns" (see gitignore(5)), and sample hook files.
115 The sample hooks are all disabled by default. To enable one of the
117 sample hooks rename it by removing its .sample suffix.
118 See githooks(5) for more general info on hook execution.
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122 Start a new Git repository for an existing code base
123 $ cd /path/to/my/codebase
125 $ git init [1m(1)
126 $ git add . [1m(2)
127 $ git commit [1m(3)
128 1. Create a /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory.
130 2. Add all existing files to the index.
131 3. Record the pristine state as the first commit in the history.
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134 Part of the git(1) suite
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