init: Init a repository

In git2r: Provides Access to Git Repositories

Init a repository

Description

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

repository

Examples

## Not run: 
## 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)

## End(Not run)

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