| git-init(1) | |
| =========== | |
| NAME | |
| ---- | |
| git-init - Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one | |
| SYNOPSIS | |
| -------- | |
| [verse] | |
| 'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] | |
| [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] | |
| [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] | |
| DESCRIPTION | |
| ----------- | |
| 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 `$GIT_DIR/objects` | |
| directory is used. | |
| Running 'git init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not | |
| overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for | |
| rerunning 'git init' is to pick up newly added templates (or to move | |
| the repository to another place if --separate-git-dir is given). | |
| OPTIONS | |
| ------- | |
| -- | |
| -q:: | |
| --quiet:: | |
| Only print error and warning messages, all other output will be suppressed. | |
| --bare:: | |
| Create a bare repository. If GIT_DIR environment is not set, it is set to the | |
| current working directory. | |
| --template=<template_directory>:: | |
| Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE | |
| DIRECTORY" section below.) | |
| --separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: | |
| Instead of initializing the repository where it is supposed to be, | |
| place a filesytem-agnostic Git symbolic link there, pointing to the | |
| specified path, and initialize a Git repository at the path. The | |
| result is Git repository can be separated from working tree. If this | |
| is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified | |
| path. | |
| --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]:: | |
| Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This | |
| allows users belonging to the same group to push into that | |
| repository. When specified, the config variable "core.sharedRepository" is | |
| set so that files and directories under `$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 name a (possibly non-existent) directory at the end of the command | |
| line, the command is run inside the directory (possibly after creating it). | |
| -- | |
| TEMPLATE DIRECTORY | |
| ------------------ | |
| The template directory contains files and directories that will be copied to | |
| the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created. | |
| The template directory used will (in order): | |
| - The argument given with the `--template` option. | |
| - The contents of the `$GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR` environment variable. | |
| - The `init.templatedir` configuration variable. | |
| - The default template directory: `/usr/share/git-core/templates`. | |
| The default template directory includes some directory structure, some | |
| suggested "exclude patterns", and copies of sample "hook" files. | |
| The suggested patterns and hook files are all modifiable and extensible. | |
| EXAMPLES | |
| -------- | |
| Start a new Git repository for an existing code base:: | |
| + | |
| ---------------- | |
| $ cd /path/to/my/codebase | |
| $ git init <1> | |
| $ git add . <2> | |
| ---------------- | |
| + | |
| <1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory | |
| <2> add all existing file to the index | |
| GIT | |
| --- | |
| Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |