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GIT-INIT(1) Git Manual GIT-INIT(1)
git-init - Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an
existing one
git init [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>]
[--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--object-format=<format>]
[-b <branch-name> | --initial-branch=<branch-name>]
[--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a .git
directory with subdirectories for objects, refs/heads, refs/tags,
and template files. An initial HEAD file that references the HEAD
of the master branch is also created.
If the $GIT_DIR environment variable is set then it specifies a
path to use instead of ./.git for the base of the repository.
If the object storage directory is specified via the
$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY environment variable then the sha1
directories are created underneath - otherwise the default
$GIT_DIR/objects directory is used.
Running git init in an existing repository is safe. It will not
overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for
rerunning git init is to pick up newly added templates (or to
move the repository to another place if --separate-git-dir is
given).
-q, --quiet
Only print error and warning messages; all other output will
be suppressed.
--bare
Create a bare repository. If GIT_DIR environment is not set,
it is set to the current working directory.
--object-format=<format>
Specify the given object format (hash algorithm) for the
repository. The valid values are sha1 and (if enabled)
sha256. sha1 is the default.
THIS OPTION IS EXPERIMENTAL! SHA-256 support is experimental
and still in an early stage. A SHA-256 repository will in
general not be able to share work with "regular" SHA-1
repositories. It should be assumed that, e.g., Git internal
file formats in relation to SHA-256 repositories may change
in backwards-incompatible ways. Only use
--object-format=sha256 for testing purposes.
--template=<template_directory>
Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See
the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.)
--separate-git-dir=<git dir>
Instead of initializing the repository as a directory to
either $GIT_DIR or ./.git/, create a text file there
containing the path to the actual repository. This file acts
as filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to the repository.
If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to
the specified path.
-b <branch-name>, --initial-branch=<branch-name>
Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly
created repository. If not specified, fall back to the
default name: master.
--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]
Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst
several users. This allows users belonging to the same group
to push into that repository. When specified, the config
variable "core.sharedRepository" is set so that files and
directories under $GIT_DIR are created with the requested
permissions. When not specified, Git will use permissions
reported by umask(2).
The option can have the following values, defaulting to group
if no value is given:
umask (or false)
Use permissions reported by umask(2). The default, when
--shared is not specified.
group (or true)
Make the repository group-writable, (and g+sx, since the
git group may be not the primary group of all users).
This is used to loosen the permissions of an otherwise
safe umask(2) value. Note that the umask still applies to
the other permission bits (e.g. if umask is 0022, using
group will not remove read privileges from other
(non-group) users). See 0xxx for how to exactly specify
the repository permissions.
all (or world or everybody)
Same as group, but make the repository readable by all
users.
0xxx
0xxx is an octal number and each file will have mode
0xxx. 0xxx will override users' umask(2) value (and not
only loosen permissions as group and all does). 0640
will create a repository which is group-readable, but not
group-writable or accessible to others. 0660 will create
a repo that is readable and writable to the current user
and group, but inaccessible to others.
By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastForwards is
enabled in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non
fast-forwarding push into it.
If you provide a directory, the command is run inside it. If this
directory does not exist, it will be created.
Files and directories in the template directory whose name do not
start with a dot will be copied to the $GIT_DIR after it is
created.
The template directory will be one of the following (in order):
• the argument given with the --template option;
• the contents of the $GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR environment variable;
• the init.templateDir configuration variable; or
• the default template directory:
/usr/share/git-core/templates.
The default template directory includes some directory structure,
suggested "exclude patterns" (see gitignore(5)), and sample hook
files.
The sample hooks are all disabled by default. To enable one of
the sample hooks rename it by removing its .sample suffix.
See githooks(5) for more general info on hook execution.
Start a new Git repository for an existing code base
$ cd /path/to/my/codebase
$ git init (1)
$ git add . (2)
$ git commit (3)
1. Create a /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory.
2. Add all existing files to the index.
3. Record the pristine state as the first commit in the
history.
Part of the git(1) suite
This page is part of the git (Git distributed version control
system) project. Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://git-scm.com/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual
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Git 2.30.0.rc0.82.gb 12/18/2020 GIT-INIT(1)
Pages that refer to this page: git(1), git-clone(1), git-config(1), git-init-db(1), git-worktree(1), githooks(5), gitrepository-layout(5), giteveryday(7)
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