Method: Git::Base.init

Defined in:
lib/git/base.rb

.init(directory, options = {}) ⇒ Git::Base

Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing Git repository

Examples:

Initialize a repository in the current directory

git = Git.init

Initialize a repository in some other directory

git = Git.init '~/code/ruby-git'

Initialize a bare repository

git = Git.init '~/code/ruby-git.git', bare: true

Initialize a repository in a non-default location (outside of the working copy)

git = Git.init '~/code/ruby-git', repository: '~/code/ruby-git.git'

Parameters:

  • directory (Pathname) —

    If the :bare option is NOT given or is not true, the repository will be created in "#{directory}/.git". Otherwise, the repository is created in "#{directory}".

    All directories along the path to directory are created if they do not exist.

    A relative path is referenced from the current working directory of the process and converted to an absolute path using File.expand_path.

  • options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

    The options for this command (see list of valid options below)

Options Hash (options):

  • :bare (Boolean) —

    Instead of creating a repository at "#{directory}/.git", create a bare repository at "#{directory}". See what is a bare repository?.

  • :repository (Pathname) —

    the path to put the newly initialized Git repository. The default for non-bare repository is "#{directory}/.git".

    A relative path is referenced from the current working directory of the process and converted to an absolute path using File.expand_path.

  • :log (Logger) —

    A logger to use for Git operations. Git commands are logged at the :info level. Additional logging is done at the :debug level.

Returns:

  • (Git::Base) —

    an object that can execute git commands in the context of the newly initialized repository

See Also:



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# File 'lib/git/base.rb', line 31

def self.init(directory, options = {})
  options[:working_directory] ||= directory
  options[:repository] ||= File.join(options[:working_directory], '.git')

  FileUtils.mkdir_p(options[:working_directory]) if options[:working_directory] && !File.directory?(options[:working_directory])

  init_options = { :bare => options[:bare] }

  options.delete(:working_directory) if options[:bare]

  # Submodules have a .git *file* not a .git folder.
  # This file's contents point to the location of
  # where the git refs are held (In the parent repo)
  if options[:working_directory] && File.file?(File.join(options[:working_directory], '.git'))
    git_file = File.open('.git').read[8..-1].strip
    options[:repository] = git_file
    options[:index] = git_file + '/index'
  end

  # TODO: this dance seems awkward: this creates a Git::Lib so we can call
  #   init so we can create a new Git::Base which in turn (ultimately)
  #   creates another/different Git::Lib.
  #
  # TODO: maybe refactor so this Git::Bare.init does this:
  #   self.new(opts).init(init_opts) and move all/some of this code into
  #   Git::Bare#init. This way the init method can be called on any
  #   repository you have a Git::Base instance for.  This would not
  #   change the existing interface (other than adding to it).
  #
  Git::Lib.new(options).init(init_options)

  self.new(options)
end