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GIT-INIT(1) | Git Manual | GIT-INIT(1) |
NAME¶
git-init - Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing oneSYNOPSIS¶
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, --quietOnly 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 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.
--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)
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.
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.
TEMPLATE DIRECTORY¶
The template directory contains files and directories that 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 $GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR
environment variable;
•the init.templateDir configuration
variable; or
•the default template directory:
/usr/share/git-core/templates.
The default template directory includes some directory structure, suggested
"exclude patterns" (see gitignore(5)), and sample hook files.
The sample hooks are all disabled by default, To enable one of the sample hooks
rename it by removing its .sample suffix.
See githooks(5) for more general info on hook execution.
EXAMPLES¶
Start a new Git repository for an existing code base$ cd /path/to/my/codebase $ git init (1) $ git add . (2) $ git commit (3)
GIT¶
Part of the git(1) suite05/15/2017 | Git 2.11.0 |