$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository
MODULE 01 · 5 MIN READ
git init — give a folder a memory
First follow-along — type this with me, slowly. Three lines: make a folder, step inside it, switch on the time machine.
git bash
$ mkdir my-project
$ cd my-project
$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in .../my-project/.git/
What just happened
A repository is simply a folder Git is watching. The memory lives in a hidden .git folder that Git just created. Your files don't change at all — Git only adds its filing cabinet.
Try it — right here
This practice terminal is a tiny simulated laptop. You cannot break it — worst case, refresh the page and start fresh.
practice terminal — you cannot break it
type help for commandsa tiny simulated laptop. six commands, zero consequences.
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// try: git init