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.TH "GIT\-SECRET\-INIT" "1" "May 2022" "sobolevn" "git-secret 0.5.1-alpha1"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBgit\-secret\-init\fR \- initializes git\-secret repository\.
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf

git secret init
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.fi
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\fBgit\-secret\-init\fR \- initializes a \fBgit\-secret\fR repo by setting up a \fB\.gitsecret\fR directory\.
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.P
\fBgit\-secret\-init\fR should be run inside a \fBgit\fR repo, to create the \fB\.gitsecret\fR directory and initialize the repo for git\-secret\. Until a repository is initialized with \fBgit secret init\fR, all other \fBgit\-secret\fR commands are unavailable\.
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.P
If a \fB\.gitsecret\fR directory already exists, \fBgit\-secret\-init\fR exits without making any changes\. Otherwise,
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB\.gitignore\fR is modified to ignore \fBgit\-secret\fR\'s \fBrandom_seed_file\fR, and to not ignore \fB\.secret\fR files,
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a \.gitsecret directory is created with the sub\-directories /keys and /paths,
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.IP "\(bu" 4
The \fB\.gitsecret/keys\fR subdirectory permission is set to 700 to make gnupg happy\.
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.IP "" 0
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.P
See git\-secret(7) \fIhttps://git\-secret\.io/git\-secret\fR for information about renaming the \.gitsecret folder with the \fBSECRETS_DIR\fR environment variable, and changing the extension \fBgit\-secret\fR uses for secret files with the \fBSECRETS_EXTENSION\fR environment variable\.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.nf

\-h  \- shows this help\.
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.fi
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.SH "MANUAL"
Run \fBman git\-secret\-init\fR to see this document\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
git\-secret\-usage(1) \fIhttps://git\-secret\.io/git\-secret\-usage\fR, git\-secret\-tell(1) \fIhttps://git\-secret\.io/git\-secret\-tell\fR