cg-init(1) - Linux man page

Name

cg-init - initialize a git repository

Synopsis

cg-init [-I] [-N] [-e EXCLUDEPATTERN]... [-m MESSAGE]...

Description

gitlink:cg-init[1] called in a non-empty directory will automatically add its contents in the initial commit. (Please note that certain default ignore rules are applied during this operation. If any files were not added due to this, cg-init will advise you what to do.)

This command is intended for creating repositories for work on new projects. If you want to clone an existing project, see gitlink:cg-clone[1]. If you want to set up a public repository not for direct work but only for pushing/pulling, see gitlink:cg-admin-setuprepo[1]. It is also possible to import repositories from other SCMs to GIT, see git-cvsimport(1), git-svnimport(1) and git-archimport(1).

Options

-e EXCLUDEPATTERN

Ignore files matching this pattern when importing files for the initial commit. Note that if you are importing any .gitignore files, they will be considered as well. If you want to make en even more custom choice of files to be imported, use the -I parameter and add and perform the initial commit manually.

-I

Do not perform the initial commit. You can perform the initial commit manually later, but you will need to pass cg-commit the -C parameter.

-m MESSAGE

Specify the commit message for the initial commit. See gitlink:cg-commit[1] documentation for details.

-N

Only update the cache: do not copy the data into the object database. This is for special purposes when you might not actually have any object database. This option is normally not interesting.

-h, --help

Print usage summary.

--long-help

Print user manual. The same as found in gitlink:cg-init[1].

Copyright

Copyright © Petr Baudis, 2005

See Also

cg-init is part of gitlink:cogito[7], a toolkit for managing gitlink:git[7] trees.