Init Project¶

The devbox init command initializes a new DevBox project from a manifest repository.

Usage¶

devbox init <git-source> [--name <project-name>] [--branch <branch-name>]

Option	Required	Description
`--name <project-name>`	no	Project name. If not specified, will be derived from the Git source
`--branch <branch-name>`	no	Branch name. If not specified, will use the repository's default branch

Example¶

devbox init https://github.com/pilat/devbox-example \
  --name example-app \
  --branch main

Output¶

[*] Initializing project...

Project has been successfully initialized!
Next steps:
  1. Configure environment (optional):
     devbox --name example-app config env

  2. Start services:
     devbox --name example-app up