chegi init¶

Initialize a cheGi project with a .chegi/ directory.

Synopsis¶

chegi init [PATH] [OPTIONS]

Description¶

chegi init creates a .chegi/ directory in your project root with default configuration files. This enables per-project settings for guard rules, ignore patterns, and cheGi configuration.

When you run chegi init, the following files are created:

File	Purpose
`.chegi/config.json`	Project-specific cheGi configuration (overrides global `.chegi.json`)
`.chegi/guard-rules.json`	Custom sensitive file patterns for `chegi guard`
`.chegi/.chegiignore`	Patterns to exclude from scans (`.gitignore` syntax)

The command also adds .chegi/ to .gitignore to prevent committing the directory.

Options¶

Option	Short	Description	Default
`--force`	`-f`	Overwrite existing `.chegi/` directory	`false`

Arguments¶

Argument	Description	Default
`PATH`	Project root directory	`.` (current directory)

Examples¶

Initialize the current directory as a cheGi project:

chegi init

Initialize a specific project:

chegi init ~/projects/my-app

Re-initialize (overwrite existing .chegi/):

chegi init --force

Generated Files¶

`.chegi/config.json`¶

Default project configuration:

{
  "exclude_dirs": [
    "node_modules",
    ".venv",
    "venv",
    "env",
    ".tox",
    "__pycache__",
    ".idea",
    ".vscode",
    ".git"
  ],
  "max_depth": 3,
  "mcts": 10,
  "mirrors": {},
  "guard_rules": [],
  "guard_excludes": []
}

`.chegi/guard-rules.json`¶

Default sensitive patterns:

{
  "patterns": [
    ".env*",
    "*.pem",
    "*.key",
    "id_rsa*",
    "id_ecdsa*",
    "id_ed25519*",
    "*.pk8",
    "*secret*",
    "credentials.json",
    "*.jwt",
    "*.token",
    ".npmrc",
    ".dockercfg",
    "docker.json",
    "service-account*.json",
    "aws-credentials.json",
    "*.credential",
    "*.cred",
    "*.passwd"
  ],
  "exclude_patterns": [
    "*.example.env",
    "*.sample.key",
    "*.test.env",
    "docs/*"
  ]
}