Create a new repository
Git, Repository · Apr 13, 2021

Initializes a new git repository, setting up all the configuration files needed by git.
- Use
git init
to initialize an empty repository in the current directory. - Alternatively, use
git init [<directory>]
to initialize the repository in the specified<directory>
. - Note: Running
git init
in an existing repository is safe. - Note: You only need to run
git init
once per repository.
git init [<directory>]
cd ~/my_project
git init # Initializes a repo in ~/my_project
cd ~
git init my_project # Initializes a repo in ~/my_project