GIT-PKGS(1)

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💅 GIT-PKGS(1) — the Git Pkgs Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this whole page lives under the Git Pkgs Manual umbrella and it's literally about one command: git-pkgs-init. yes the file is called GIT-PKGS(1) and the NAME section says git-pkgs-init — that's not a typo, that's just how it is, iykyk. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

git-pkgs-init — bestie, it initializes the git-pkgs database for this repo. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

git-pkgs init [flags]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea: this command initializes the git-pkgs database in the current git repository. 🎀

It creates a SQLite database at .git/pkgs.sqlite3 — yes, right there inside your .git directory, tucked away all cozy — and then it indexes all the dependency changes from the git history. all of them. no cap. 💅

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • -b, --branch="" — which branch to analyze. default is the current branch, obviously, she's the main character. 👑
  • --cpuprofile="" — write a CPU profile to a file. performance girlies rise. 🔥
  • -f, --force[=false] — recreate the database even if it already exists. it's giving "we're starting over, periodt". 💀
  • -h, --help[=false] — help for init. when in doubt, ask for help, that's not a red flag that's growth. 🙈
  • --memprofile="" — write a memory profile to a file. 🧠✨
  • --no-hooks[=false] — skip installing git hooks. if you don't want the hooks, you simply don't get the hooks. 🦋
  • --since="" — start the analysis from a specific commit. very "let's not dig up the whole past" of you. 🌸

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these ones come from the parent command, so technically not init's own, but she borrowed them and never gave them back. 💜

  • --color="auto" — when to colorize output: auto, always, never. the aesthetic settings, basically. 💅
  • --include-submodules[=false] — include git submodules when scanning for manifests. yes, the submodules too, don't leave them out. 🫶
  • -p, --pager[=false] — use pager for output. 📖
  • -q, --quiet[=false] — suppress non-essential output. the "shhh, i'm concentrating" flag. 🤫

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • git-pkgs(1) — go say hi to the parent, she's iconic. ⭐

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

28-Oct-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra. not me being a robot-generated manpage 😭 still slayed tho.

okay that's the whole page!! one last thing before you go: this beauty is from git-pkgs, Oct 2026 vintage, no notes, she ate. 💖✨

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