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STG-INIT(1)                    StGit Manual                   STG-INIT(1)

NAME top

       stg-init - Initialize a StGit stack on a branch

SYNOPSIS top

       stg init [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION top

       Initialize a StGit stack on a branch.

       Initializing a branch with a StGit stack commits initial, empty
       stack state for the branch to the repository. Theses stack
       metadata commits are tracked by the refs/stacks/<branch>
       reference. Updated stack state is committed by each StGit command
       that modifies the stack. StGit users do not have to do anything
       with the refs/stacks/<branch> ref directly.

       Some StGit commands, such as stg new and stg uncommit, will
       automatically initialize the stack, so it is often not necessary
       to explicitly initialize the stack on a branch. Also, branches
       created with stg branch --create are automatically initialized.

       The branch must already exist and point to a commit before
       initializing a StGit stack.

       StGit stack metadata can be deinitialized from a branch using stg
       branch --cleanup. See stg-branch(1) for more details.

OPTIONS top

       -b <branch>, --branch=<branch>
           Use <branch> instead of current branch

STGIT top

       Part of the StGit suite - see stg(1)

COLOPHON top

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StGit 2.5.1                     02/02/2025                    STG-INIT(1)

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