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tes init

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Initialize identity and local database.

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Usage

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tes init
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Description

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Sets up your local Tesseras environment. This is the first command you should run after installing Tesseras.

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The command creates:

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~/.tesseras/identity/Ed25519 keypair for signing tesseras
~/.tesseras/db/SQLite database for indexing
~/.tesseras/blobs/Blob storage for memory files
~/.tesseras/config.tomlConfiguration file
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OptionDescription
--data-dir <PATH>Base directory for data storage (default: ~/.tesseras)
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Idempotent

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Running init again is safe. If an identity already exists, it is preserved:

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tes init
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Ed25519 identity already exists
+Database initialized
+Tesseras initialized at /home/user/.tesseras
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Custom data directory

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tes --data-dir /mnt/usb/tesseras init
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This creates the full directory structure under /mnt/usb/tesseras/ instead of the default location.

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What happens under the hood

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  1. Creates the directory structure (identity/, db/, blobs/)
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  2. Generates an Ed25519 keypair (private key stays local, public key identifies you)
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