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# Overview

To use JadeGit for existing systems, the following steps need to be carried out to initialize the source code repository.

## Create Repository

Make a new folder and initialize a new bare repository using `git init`.

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## Extract Schemas

As the extract can take awhile, it's recommended existing schemas be extracted from a backup of production systems, taken after the last code release.

All existing schemas can be extracted using the following commands.  The extract command stages changes in-memory until they're committed.  Schemas may also be extracted more selectively using a specific regex and/or list of schema names.

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### Initial Commit

Once schemas have been extracted, the changes staged need to be committed using the commit command.

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## Remote Push

Once ready, the local repository needs to be pushed to a remote repository developers can clone.

This depends on setting up a new remote repository using your preferred platform (GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps).  Once created, it can be added to the local repository and then pushed to.

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