`init`

init initializes an existing empty directory as a kpt package by adding a Kptfile and a placeholder README.md file.

Synopsis #

kpt pkg init [DIR] [flags]

Args #

DIR:
  init fails if DIR does not already exist. Defaults to the current working directory.

Flags #

--description
  Short description of the package. (default "sample description")

--keywords
  A list of keywords describing the package.

--site
  Link to page with information about the package.

Examples #

{{ /* % hide % */ }}

# Set up workspace for the test.
TEST_HOME=$(mktemp -d)
cd $TEST_HOME

{{ /* % /hide % */ }}

# Creates a new Kptfile with metadata in the cockroachdb directory.
$ mkdir cockroachdb; kpt pkg init cockroachdb --keywords "cockroachdb,nosql,db"  \
    --description "my cockroachdb implementation"

# Creates a new Kptfile without metadata in the current directory.
$ kpt pkg init