Setup a new project.
edgedb project init [options]This command sets up a new project, creating an instance and a schema directory for it. It can also be used to convert an existing directory to a project directory, connecting the existing instance to the project. Typically this tool will prompt for specific details about how the project should be setup.
Creating a Cloud instance requires CLI version 3.0 or later.
Users with access to the EdgeDB Cloud beta may use this command to create a Cloud instance after logging in using edgedb cloud login.
To create a Cloud instance, your instance name should be in the format
<github-username>/<instance-name>. Cloud instance names may contain
alphanumeric characters and hyphens (i.e., -). You can provide this Cloud
instance name through the interactive project initiation by running edgedb
project init or by providing it via the --server-instance option.
Please be aware of the following restrictions on EdgeDB Cloud instance names:
can contain only Latin alpha-numeric characters or -
cannot start with a dash (-) or contain double dashes (--)
maximum instance name length is 61 characters minus the length of your GitHub username (i.e., length of GitHub username + length of instance name must be fewer than 62 characters)
Specifies whether the existing EdgeDB server instance should be linked with the project.
This option is useful for initializing a copy of a project freshly downloaded from a repository with a pre-existing project database.
Skip running migrations.
There are two main use cases for this option:
With --link option to connect to a datastore with existing data.
To initialize a new instance but then restore dump to it.
Run in non-interactive mode (accepting all defaults).
The project directory can be specified explicitly. Defaults to the current directory.
Specifies the EdgeDB server instance to be associated with the project.
Specifies the EdgeDB server instance to be associated with the project.
By default, when you specify a version, the CLI will use the latest release in the major version specified. This command, for example, will install the latest 2.x release:
$
edgedb project init --server-version 2.6You may pin to a specific version by prepending the version number with an equals sign. This command will install version 2.6:
$
edgedb project init --server-version =2.6Some shells like ZSH may require you to escape the equals sign (e.g.,
\=2.6) or quote the version string (e.g., "=2.6").
