Git init

git init command

A Git repository is a virtual storage place for your project that allows you to save versions of your code so that you can access them when needed.

The git init command is used to initialize a new git repository or reinitialize an existing one.

The git init command transforms the current directory into a Git repository, i.e., a .git directory with subdirectories for objects, refs/heads, refs/tags, and template files. It will also create a new master branch.

Running git init in an existing repository is safe, meaning that 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 the --separate-git-dir option is specified).

Example

To create a folder called myproject and transform it into a Git repository, we would need to execute the following commands:

mkdir myproject

cd myproject

git init

To create a file, run the cat or touch command, as follows:

touch code.txt

Then, add files to the repository using the git add command, as follows:

git add code.txt

git status

Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/Cloud-DevOps (master)
$ cd ..




Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects
$ ll
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 Cloud DevOps 197121 0 Jul 31 09:16 Cloud-DevOps/

Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects
$ mkdir demo_repo
Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects
$ ll
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 Cloud DevOps 197121 0 Jul 31 09:16 Cloud-DevOps/
drwxr-xr-x 1 Cloud DevOps 197121 0 Aug  1 23:02 demo_repo/

Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects
$ cd demo_repo/

Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo
$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in D:/Git Projects/demo_repo/.git/





Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo (master)
$ ll
total 0

Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo (master)
$ ls


Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo (master)
$ ls -a
./ ../ .git/


Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo (master)
$ ll -a
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 1 Cloud DevOps 197121 0 Aug  1 23:02 ./
drwxr-xr-x 1 Cloud DevOps 197121 0 Aug  1 23:02 ../
drwxr-xr-x 1 Cloud DevOps 197121 0 Aug  1 23:02 .git/



Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo (master)
$ ll
total 0



Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo (master)
$ touch devops git aws docker ansible

Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo (master)
$ git status
On branch master

No commits yet

Untracked files:
  (use "git add file..." to include in what will be committed)
        ansible
        aws
        devops
        docker
        git

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)




Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo (master)
$ git add .

Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo (master)
$ git status
On branch master

No commits yet

Changes to be committed:
  (use "git rm --cached file..." to unstage)
        new file:   ansible
        new file:   aws
        new file:   devops
        new file:   docker
        new file:   git


Cloud DevOps@DESKTOP-T1B0O13 MINGW64 /d/Git Projects/demo_repo (master)

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