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Megha Sharma
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๐†๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ

๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ is a Git command used to initialize a new Git repository. When you run this command in a directory, it sets up all the necessary files and data structures required for version control using Git. This essentially marks the beginning of a new Git repository in that directory.

Hereโ€™s what ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญdoes:

โ€ข ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž.๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
The primary action of ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ is to create a new subdirectory named .git in the root of the working directory. This directory contains all the information necessary for version control, including configuration files, object database, references, and other Git-related data.

โ€ข ๐’๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐”๐ฉ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Git configuration files are created within the .๐ ๐ข๐ญ directory, including ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐  and other settings files. These files store configuration options for the repository.

โ€ข ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก
The command also creates an initial branch (usually named โ€œmasterโ€ or โ€œmainโ€ depending on the Git version and configuration) pointing to the first commit. This commit is often referred to as the โ€œinitial commit.โ€

โ€ข ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ
Some additional files, like ๐‡๐„๐€๐ƒ, are created to point to the current branch. The ๐‡๐„๐€๐ƒ file typically points to the latest commit on the branch.

Hereโ€™s an example of how to use ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ:

# Navigate to the directory where you want to create a new Git repository
cd /path/to/your/project

# Run the git init command
git init
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After running ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ, youโ€™ll see a message indicating that an empty Git repository has been initialized. You can then start adding files to the directory, staging them using ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐๐, and committing changes using ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ to begin tracking the project's version history.

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