SYNOPSIS
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-'git-init' [-q | --quiet] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
+'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
OPTIONS
--
--q, \--quiet::
+-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>::
Provide the directory from which templates will be used. The default template
environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -
otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used.
-Running `git-init` in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite
-things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning `git-init`
+Running 'git-init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite
+things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning 'git-init'
is to pick up newly added templates.
-Note that `git-init` is the same as `git-init-db`. The command
+Note that 'git-init' is the same as 'git-init-db'. The command
was primarily meant to initialize the object database, but over
time it has become responsible for setting up the other aspects
of the repository, such as installing the default hooks and
+
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$ cd /path/to/my/codebase
-$ git-init <1>
-$ git-add . <2>
+$ git init <1>
+$ git add . <2>
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+
<1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite