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dolt init — Create an empty Dolt data repository. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/cli#

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Problem

How to use the dolt init command: Create an empty Dolt data repository. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/cli#dolt-init>.

Solution

dolt init — Create an empty Dolt data repository. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/cli#dolt-init>.

Initialize a new Dolt data repository in the current directory:

dolt init

Initialize a new Dolt data repository creating a commit with the specified metadata:

dolt init --name "{{name}}" --email "{{email}}" --date "{{2021-12-31T00:00:00}}" {{[-b|--initial-branch]}} "{{branch_name}}"

Code Snippets

Initialize a new Dolt data repository in the current directory

dolt init

Initialize a new Dolt data repository creating a commit with the specified metadata

dolt init --name "{{name}}" --email "{{email}}" --date "{{2021-12-31T00:00:00}}" {{[-b|--initial-branch]}} "{{branch_name}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/dolt init

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