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git-annex:tldr:97fae
git-annex: Initialize a repo with Git annex.
$ git annex init
try on your machine
The git annex init
command is used to initialize a Git repository as a Git-annex repository. Git-annex is an extension to Git that helps manage large files and their storage across multiple locations.
When you run git annex init
, it performs the following actions:
- It initializes a regular Git repository if one does not already exist. This is done with the
git init
command. - It sets up Git-annex in the repository by creating a
.git
directory and adding additional files and folders specific to Git-annex. - It enables an optional repository description by asking you to set a description for the repository.
- It initializes the annex configuration by creating a new
.git/config
file and populating it with default settings. - It sets up a local annex branch that stores the metadata about the annexed files.
- It configures the repository to enable the automatic committing of changes made by Git-annex, such as adding or removing files from the annex.
Once git annex init
is executed, your Git repository is ready to use Git-annex for managing files, content distribution, and storage tracking.
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