NAME
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-git-init - Creates an empty git repository
+git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-init' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
+'git-init' [-q | --quiet] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
OPTIONS
--
+-q, \--quiet::
+
+Only print error and warning messages, all other output will be suppressed.
+
--template=<template_directory>::
Provide the directory from which templates will be used. The default template
time it has become responsible for setting up the other aspects
of the repository, such as installing the default hooks and
setting the configuration variables. The old name is retained
-because people are so used to it and many existing documents
-refer to it that way, and this will not change for some time to
-come.
+for backward compatibility reasons.
EXAMPLES
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-