.. _borg_init:

borg init
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::

    borg init <options> REPOSITORY

positional arguments
    REPOSITORY
        repository to create

optional arguments
    ``-e``, ``--encryption``
        | select encryption key mode (default: "repokey")

`Common options`_
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Description
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This command initializes an empty repository. A repository is a filesystem
directory containing the deduplicated data from zero or more archives.
Encryption can be enabled at repository init time.