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description: "Create a repository"
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# gt repo create

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Create a repository

## Synopsis

```text
Create a repository for your account, or for an organization as ORG/NAME or with --org.

--auto-init adds a first commit with a README, .gitignore and license; --template copies another
repository. --source adds the new repository as a remote of a local Git repository, and --push
pushes its current branch there.
```

```
gt repo create [<name>] [flags]
```

## Examples

```
# Create a private repository with a README and an MIT license
$ gt repo create project --private --auto-init --license MIT

# Create a repository in an organization from a template
$ gt repo create acme/service --template acme/service-template

# Publish the local repository in the current directory
$ gt repo create project --source . --push
```

## Options

```
      --as-template             Make the new repository a template
      --auto-init               Add a first commit with a README
      --clone                   Clone the new repository into the current directory
      --copy-avatar             Copy the template's avatar (default true)
      --copy-content            Copy the template's Git content (default true)
      --copy-git-hooks          Copy the template's Git hooks (default true)
      --copy-labels             Copy the template's labels (default true)
      --copy-topics             Copy the template's topics (default true)
      --copy-webhooks           Copy the template's webhooks
      --default-branch string   Name of the default branch
  -d, --description string      Repository description
  -g, --gitignores string       Comma-separated .gitignore templates (requires --auto-init)
  -h, --help                    help for create
      --label-template string   Add the labels of this label set
  -l, --license string          License template (requires --auto-init)
      --object-format string    Git object format {sha1|sha256}
      --org string              Create the repository in this organization
      --private                 Make the repository private
      --public                  Make the repository public (the default)
      --push                    Push the current branch of --source
      --readme string           README template (requires --auto-init)
      --remote-name string      Name of the new repository's remote in --source (default "origin")
      --source string           Publish the local Git repository in this directory
      --team string             Grant this organization team access
      --template string         Copy this template repository (OWNER/REPO or URL)
      --trust-model string      Signature trust model {default|collaborator|committer|collaboratorcommitter}
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt repo](../repo/index.md): Work with Gitea repositories