6 git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one
11 'git-init' [-q | --quiet] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
21 Only print error and warning messages, all other output will be suppressed.
23 --template=<template_directory>::
25 Provide the directory from which templates will be used. The default template
26 directory is `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
28 When specified, `<template_directory>` is used as the source of the template
29 files rather than the default. The template files include some directory
30 structure, some suggested "exclude patterns", and copies of non-executing
31 "hook" files. The suggested patterns and hook files are all modifiable and
34 --shared[={false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody}]::
36 Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This
37 allows users belonging to the same group to push into that
38 repository. When specified, the config variable "core.sharedRepository" is
39 set so that files and directories under `$GIT_DIR` are created with the
40 requested permissions. When not specified, git will use permissions reported
43 The option can have the following values, defaulting to 'group' if no value
46 - 'umask' (or 'false'): Use permissions reported by umask(2). The default,
47 when `--shared` is not specified.
49 - 'group' (or 'true'): Make the repository group-writable, (and g+sx, since
50 the git group may be not the primary group of all users).
52 - 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'): Same as 'group', but make the repository
53 readable by all users.
55 By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastforward is enabled
56 in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non fast-forwarding push
64 This command creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory
65 with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, and
67 An initial `HEAD` file that references the HEAD of the master branch
70 If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
71 to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
73 If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY`
74 environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -
75 otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used.
77 Running `git-init` in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite
78 things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning `git-init`
79 is to pick up newly added templates.
81 Note that `git-init` is the same as `git-init-db`. The command
82 was primarily meant to initialize the object database, but over
83 time it has become responsible for setting up the other aspects
84 of the repository, such as installing the default hooks and
85 setting the configuration variables. The old name is retained
86 for backward compatibility reasons.
92 Start a new git repository for an existing code base::
95 $ cd /path/to/my/codebase
100 <1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory
101 <2> add all existing file to the index
106 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
110 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
114 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite