git-init
(1)
Name
git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an
existing one
Synopsis
git init [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>]
[--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
[--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
Description
Git Manual GIT-INIT(1)
NAME
git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an
existing one
SYNOPSIS
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 git 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.
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--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:
o umask (or false): Use permissions reported by umask(2).
The default, when --shared is not specified.
o 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.
o all (or world or everybody): Same as group, but make
the repository readable by all users.
o 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):
o The argument given with the --template option.
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o The contents of the $GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR environment
variable.
o The init.templatedir configuration variable.
o 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 git(1) suite
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | developer/versioning/git |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from http://git-
core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.2.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://git-scm.com/.
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