Difference between revisions of "Error Initialize GIT git init --initial-branch=main"

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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