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== Error Initialize GIT git init --initial-branch=main ==

When initializing a new repository with old syntax you may face to this error

 > git init --initial-branch=main
 error: unknown option `initial-branch=main'

Example of Gitlab suggested regular code

 cd existing_folder
 git init --initial-branch=main
 git remote add origin git@gitlab.com:path/to/project.git
 git add .
 git commit -m "Initial commit"
 git push -u origin main

 
Fix the problem using this way

 cd existing_folder
 git init
 git checkout -b  main
 git remote add origin git@gitlab.com:path/to/project.git
 git add .
 git commit -m "Initial commit"
 git push -u origin main