Feature: Add action to initialize a folder as a Git repo

[yaira2]

What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?

Adding an action to initialize a folder as a Git repo aligns with our vision to improve developers workflows. Users will be able to access these actions once #12440 is implemented.

Requirements

• Add action to initialize a folder as a Git repo

Files Version

v2.5.11

Windows Version

Windows 11

Comments

No response

[yaira2]

@xmamalou

[mdtauk]

Cloning a repo.
Creating a new repo.
These sound like items in the New flyout

Creating a new repo, would that require an empty folder to do it, or would doing it to an existing folder, commit the contents and then turn it into a tracked repo folder?

[yaira2]

It'll require an existing folder but it could be empty.

[Welding-Torch]

Can someone share a screenshot of where this feature is? I can't seem to find it.

[Josh65-2201]

It using the command bar. Click the address bar in the folder you want to be a git repo > type >git > should see the option to click on

[Lukiluc29]

It using the command bar. Click the address bar in the folder you want to be a git repo > type >git > should see the option to click on

Personally, I can't create a Git folder. It only shows me executable commands that shouldn't be here.

[yaira2]

Can someone share a screenshot of where this feature is? I can't seem to find it.

@Welding-Torch this feature wasn't released yet, it'll be included in the next release.

[Welding-Torch]

Thank you @Josh65-2201 and @Lukiluc29, I appreciate the explanations.

@yaira2 Oh, I was misled by this line in the release notes, as can be seen here:

Thank you ❤️

[yaira2]

It was technicallyy included in v2.5.20 but the only way to access it is by assigning a keyboard shortcut (there isn't a UI for this either).