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Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one.

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How to fully delete a git repository created with init?

I created a git repository with git init. I'd like to delete it entirely and init a new one.
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Is there a command to undo git init?

I just Git init'ed a repos with a wrong user, and want to undo it. Is there any command for this? Do I actually have to go in and edit the .git directory?
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git@gitlab.com: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository

I am using macOS Catalina. I already have a repository on GitLab and an SSH-key assigned. Now I want to create another repository from the terminal. I do the following: git config user.name my_name git config user.email my_email git init Then I get…
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git init will not create git directories for me

I am new to Git. I can get a Git directory structure in a bare directory with git -init --bare. I can see where the git information is stored. However, when I try to use git init or even git clone, I never see any .git subdirectory in my local…
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Gitkraken: Failed initializing Git Flow

I am using Gitkraken to manage my git activities but while initializing Git Flow using inbuilt option provided by Gitkraken it fails. Here is the screenshot that shows the error message
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Git error "fatal: GIT_WORK_TREE (or --work-tree=) not allowed without specifying GIT_DIR (or --git-dir=)"

I have GIT_WORK_TREE set to . and GIT_DIR set to .git. When I run git init --bare, I get the following error: fatal: GIT_WORK_TREE (or --work-tree=) not allowed without specifying GIT_DIR (or --git-dir=) What's up with that?…
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How to add an existing nested repo (already checked out in a subdir) to a parent Git repo as a submodule?

What happens if I'm creating the initial commit from my working (parent) directory, but there are subdirs with independently checked-out git repos? I simply did git add . but that brought me to a strange situation when the subdirs with nested Git…
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Create an empty Git repository with branch name as prod

I would like to create a new git repository using git init command with branch name as prod. I searched all options supported by git init command in this documentation to override the default branch name master. Unfortunately, there's no such…
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Git Clone Repo Has No .git File

I cloned a repo with git clone but when I run git status I get the fatal: not a git repository error. What I want to know is, if I run git init in the local directory that was cloned, will it screw anything up or cause issues with the…
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Why does "rails new my_app" initialize a git repository?

When I run the Ruby on Rails command rails new my_app, it creates the new my_app directory, and it contains a .git subdirectory, i.e., ./my_app/.git, so it's apparently doing a git init. Where is that git init command coming from, and why does it…
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Issue on git repository creation and accessibility using git

I had created created repository in UNIX machine, $sudo git --bare init /var/repos/git/repo00001 Also I have done following commands executed for individual UNIX users, $ git config --global user.email "MyfullName@mindtree.com" $ git config --global…
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What does 'reinitialize' mean/actually do in git?

I found a related question below, but can't understand 'pick up newly added templates', and seems this explaination was removed in latest http://git-scm.com/docs/git-init Does running git init twice initialize a repository or reinitialize an…
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"Reinitialized existing Git repository" message in completely new directory

When running the git init command in a completely new and empty directory, I get this error message: Reinitialized existing Git repository in //gittests/completelyEmptyDirectory/.git/ What is going on here? The only commands being…
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Folder structure for backend and frontend

Im setting up a project with a express node.js backend and react frontend. This is my first time setting a project up with a backend and their are a few things im unsure of... First question: So my current folder structure is this: --backend    …
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How to init git on a running production server and update from a remote repo

I just got onboard with a project that has a live server that has been running for a year without git. In the past, the owner/dev made all code updates personally without version tracking. Then he started using git (with a gitlab account) for…
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