diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_collections_creating.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_collections_creating.rst index 2e8de1c4044..90a13a64c21 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_collections_creating.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_collections_creating.rst @@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ To start a new collection, run the following command in your collections directo Both the namespace and collection names use the same strict set of requirements. See `Galaxy namespaces `_ on the Galaxy docsite for those requirements. It will create the structure ``[my_namespace]/[my_collection]/[collection skeleton]``. + .. hint:: If Git is used for version control, the corresponding repository should be initialized in the collection directory. + Once the skeleton exists, you can populate the directories with the content you want inside the collection. See `ansible-collections `_ GitHub Org to get a better idea of what you can place inside a collection. Reference: the ``ansible-galaxy collection`` command