tldr/pages/common/dolt-init.md

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}}"