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git-init(1)
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===========
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NAME
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----
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git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>]
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[--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
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[--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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This command creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git`
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directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`,
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`refs/tags`, and template files. An initial `HEAD` file that
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references the HEAD of the master branch is also created.
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If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
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to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
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If the object storage directory is specified via the
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`$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` environment variable then the sha1 directories
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are created underneath - otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects`
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directory is used.
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Running 'git init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not
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overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for
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rerunning 'git init' is to pick up newly added templates (or to move
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the repository to another place if --separate-git-dir is given).
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OPTIONS
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-------
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--
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-q::
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--quiet::
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Only print error and warning messages, all other output will be suppressed.
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--bare::
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Create a bare repository. If GIT_DIR environment is not set, it is set to the
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current working directory.
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--template=<template_directory>::
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Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE
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DIRECTORY" section below.)
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--separate-git-dir=<git dir>::
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Instead of initializing the repository where it is supposed to be,
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place a filesytem-agnostic git symbolic link there, pointing to the
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specified git path, and initialize a git repository at the path. The
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result is git repository can be separated from working tree. If this
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is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified
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path.
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--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::
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Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This
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allows users belonging to the same group to push into that
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repository. When specified, the config variable "core.sharedRepository" is
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set so that files and directories under `$GIT_DIR` are created with the
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requested permissions. When not specified, git will use permissions reported
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by umask(2).
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The option can have the following values, defaulting to 'group' if no value
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is given:
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- 'umask' (or 'false'): Use permissions reported by umask(2). The default,
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when `--shared` is not specified.
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- 'group' (or 'true'): Make the repository group-writable, (and g+sx, since
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the git group may be not the primary group of all users).
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This is used to loosen the permissions of an otherwise safe umask(2) value.
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Note that the umask still applies to the other permission bits (e.g. if
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umask is '0022', using 'group' will not remove read privileges from other
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(non-group) users). See '0xxx' for how to exactly specify the repository
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permissions.
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- 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'): Same as 'group', but make the repository
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readable by all users.
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- '0xxx': '0xxx' is an octal number and each file will have mode '0xxx'.
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'0xxx' will override users' umask(2) value (and not only loosen permissions
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as 'group' and 'all' does). '0640' will create a repository which is
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group-readable, but not group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will
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create a repo that is readable and writable to the current user and group,
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but inaccessible to others.
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By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastForwards is enabled
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in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non fast-forwarding push
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into it.
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If you name a (possibly non-existent) directory at the end of the command
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line, the command is run inside the directory (possibly after creating it).
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--
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TEMPLATE DIRECTORY
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------------------
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The template directory contains files and directories that will be copied to
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the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created.
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The template directory used will (in order):
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- The argument given with the `--template` option.
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- The contents of the `$GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR` environment variable.
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- The `init.templatedir` configuration variable.
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- The default template directory: `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
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The default template directory includes some directory structure, some
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suggested "exclude patterns", and copies of sample "hook" files.
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The suggested patterns and hook files are all modifiable and extensible.
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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Start a new git repository for an existing code base::
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+
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$ cd /path/to/my/codebase
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$ git init <1>
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$ git add . <2>
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----------------
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+
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<1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory
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<2> add all existing file to the index
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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