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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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15 This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a .git
16 directory with subdirectories for objects, refs/heads, refs/tags, and
17 template files. An initial HEAD file that references the HEAD of the
18 master branch is also created.
19 If the $GIT_DIR environment variable is set then it specifies a path to
21 use instead of ./.git for the base of the repository.
22 If the object storage directory is specified via the
24 $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY environment variable then the sha1 directories
25 are created underneath - otherwise the default $GIT_DIR/objects
26 directory is used.
27 Running git init in an existing repository is safe. It will not
29 overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for
30 rerunning git init is to pick up newly added templates (or to move the
31 repository to another place if --separate-git-dir is given).
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34 -q, --quiet
35 Only print error and warning messages; all other output will be
36 suppressed.
37 --bare
39 Create a bare repository. If GIT_DIR environment is not set, it is
40 set to the current working directory.
41 --template=<template_directory>
43 Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the
44 "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.)
45 --separate-git-dir=<git dir>
47 Instead of initializing the repository as a directory to either
48 $GIT_DIR or ./.git/, create a text file there containing the path
49 to the actual repository. This file acts as filesystem-agnostic Git
50 symbolic link to the repository.
51 If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the
53 specified path.
54 --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]
56 Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several
57 users. This allows users belonging to the same group to push into
58 that repository. When specified, the config variable
59 "core.sharedRepository" is set so that files and directories under
60 $GIT_DIR are created with the requested permissions. When not
61 specified, Git will use permissions reported by umask(2).
62 The option can have the following values, defaulting to group if no
64 value is given:
65 umask (or false)
67 Use permissions reported by umask(2). The default, when
68 --shared is not specified.
69 group (or true)
71 Make the repository group-writable, (and g+sx, since the git
72 group may be not the primary group of all users). This is used
73 to loosen the permissions of an otherwise safe umask(2) value.
74 Note that the umask still applies to the other permission bits
75 (e.g. if umask is 0022, using group will not remove read
76 privileges from other (non-group) users). See 0xxx for how to
77 exactly specify the repository permissions.
78 all (or world or everybody)
80 Same as group, but make the repository readable by all users.
81 0xxx
83 0xxx is an octal number and each file will have mode 0xxx.
84 0xxx will override users' umask(2) value (and not only loosen
85 permissions as group and all does). 0640 will create a
86 repository which is group-readable, but not group-writable or
87 accessible to others. 0660 will create a repo that is readable
88 and writable to the current user and group, but inaccessible to
89 others.
90 By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastForwards is
92 enabled in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non
93 fast-forwarding push into it.
94 If you provide a directory, the command is run inside it. If this
96 directory does not exist, it will be created.
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99 Files and directories in the template directory whose name do not start
100 with a dot will be copied to the $GIT_DIR after it is created.
101 The template directory will be one of the following (in order):
103 · the argument given with the --template option;
105 · the contents of the $GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR environment variable;
107 · the init.templateDir configuration variable; or
109 · the default template directory: /usr/share/git-core/templates.
111 The default template directory includes some directory structure,
113 suggested "exclude patterns" (see gitignore(5)), and sample hook files.
114 The sample hooks are all disabled by default. To enable one of the
116 sample hooks rename it by removing its .sample suffix.
117 See githooks(5) for more general info on hook execution.
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121 Start a new Git repository for an existing code base
122 $ cd /path/to/my/codebase
124 $ git init [1m(1)
125 $ git add . [1m(2)
126 $ git commit [1m(3)
127 1. Create a /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory.
129 2. Add all existing files to the index.
130 3. Record the pristine state as the first commit in the
131 history.
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134 Part of the git(1) suite
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