init #

Initiate a repository to start using packit. By default this command adds .packit.yaml config file to the git repository in the current working directory.

If you specify any of the --upstream-url, --fedora-package or --centos-package, packit will convert the git repo in the current working directory into a source-git repo.

Prerequisites #

• Git repo in the current working directory.

The source-git mode #

The biggest advantage of this command is the functionality to create source-git repos. Here’s a quick rundown what packit does:

• Pull upstream git history (the default is not pull and use the checked out branch).

• Fetches specfile and additional sources from Fedora or CentOS dist-git.

• Apply downstream patches as commits.

• Add packit config file.

We have a guide on how to create source-git repos manually if you want to learn more.

Tutorial #

As an example, let’s create a source-git repo out of tmux.

First step is to clone the upstream repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/tmux/tmux
$ cd tmux

Now we can run the init command and get our source-git repo:

$ packit init --fedora-package tmux

With the --fedora-package option we are telling packit to get downstream packaging files from Fedora dist-git.

Yes, it was that simple.

Once the command finished successfully, we can create a SRPM and build it in mock to prove the source-git repo works:

$ packit srpm
SRPM: /home/tt/g/packit/packit.dev/tmux/tmux-3.1c-2.g17785c78.fc33.src.rpm
$ mock --rebuild -r fedora-rawhide-x86_64 ./*.src.rpm
...
Wrote: /builddir/build/RPMS/tmux-3.1c-2.g17785c78.fc34.x86_64.rpm
Wrote: /builddir/build/RPMS/tmux-debugsource-3.1c-2.g17785c78.fc34.x86_64.rpm
Wrote: /builddir/build/RPMS/tmux-debuginfo-3.1c-2.g17785c78.fc34.x86_64.rpm
...
INFO: Done(./tmux-3.1c-2.g17785c78.fc33.src.rpm) Config(fedora-rawhide-x86_64) 1 minutes 0 seconds

If you want to learn more about working with source-git repos, there is a dedicated section in our documentation.

Help #

$ packit init --help
Usage: packit init [OPTIONS] [PATH_OR_URL]

  Initiate a repository to start using packit.

  If you specify --upstream-url, then a source-git repository is made,
  otherwise only configuration file packit.yaml is created.

  To learn more about source-git, please check
  https://packit.dev/docs/source-git/

Options:
  -f, --force             Reset config to default if already exists.
  --upstream-url TEXT     URL or local path to the upstream project; defaults
                          to current git repository

  --upstream-ref TEXT     Use this upstream git ref as a base for your source-
                          git repo; defaults to current tip of the git
                          repository

  --fedora-package TEXT   Pick spec file from this Fedora Linux package;
                          implies creating a source-git repo

  --centos-package TEXT   Pick spec file from this CentOS Linux or CentOS
                          Stream package; implies creating a source-git repo

  --dist-git-branch TEXT  Get spec file from this downstream branch, for
                          Fedora this defaults to main, for CentOS it's c8s.
                          When --dist-git-path is set, the default is the
                          branch which is already checked out.

  --dist-git-path TEXT    Path to the dist-git repo to use. If this is
                          defined, --fedora-package and --centos-package are
                          ignored.

  -h, --help              Show this message and exit.

  -h, --help              Show this message and exit.