Does running git init twice initialize a repository or reinitialize an existing repo?

Question

What happens to an existing git repository when you issue git init again?

I created a repository with git init. Created a file, add, commi

Answer 1

This is described in the git init documentation:

Running git init in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning git init is to pick up newly added templates.