Init a repository — init • git2r

Init a repository

Usage

init(path = ".", bare = FALSE, branch = NULL)

Arguments

path: A path to where to init a git repository
bare: If TRUE, a Git repository without a working directory is created at the pointed path. If FALSE, provided path will be considered as the working directory into which the .git directory will be created.
branch: Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created repository. If branch=NULL, fall back to the default name.

Value

A git_repository object

See also

Examples

if (FALSE) {
## Initialize a repository
path <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
dir.create(path)
repo <- init(path)
is_bare(repo)

## Initialize a bare repository
path_bare <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
dir.create(path_bare)
repo_bare <- init(path_bare, bare = TRUE)
is_bare(repo_bare)
}