Create a local Git repository

SPC g i creates a local git repository, prompting for root directory in which to create it.

Once magit created the git repository it automatically opens magit-status.

Using Magit Status to create a local repository

SPC g s on a project that has no git version control will prompt you for a directory that contains a git repository. If you select a directory without a .git repository, a prompt in the mini-buffer will ask if a git repository should be created.

If magit-repository-directories is configured in .spacemacs, then only a list of existing repositories are listed. Type . to initialize a new git repository in the current project. Magit will prompt you in the mini-buffer to confirm you wish to create this git repository.

SPC g i is the recommended approach to initialize a new git repository once magit-repository-directories is set.