git init

• git init
• git init --bare
• git init --initial-branch=main

Examples

git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /your/path/.git/

git init --initial-branch=main
warning: re-init: ignored --initial-branch=main

git init
hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
hint: is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all
hint: of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:
hint:
hint: 	git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
hint:
hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and
hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:
hint:
hint: 	git branch -m <name>
Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/git_test/.git/

Related terms

• git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
• git add, git push
• bolt project init
• git remote
• .git/config
• git blame
• remote.origin.url

See also

• git init