diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cf77c05..a0d60b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,10 +2,105 @@
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+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
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+ "utf8parse",
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+
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+ "clap_derive",
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+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
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+
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 dependencies = [
+ "clap",
  "serde",
  "serde_yaml",
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+
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@@ -95,6 +196,12 @@ dependencies = [
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+
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+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_i686_msvc",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc",
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 37e580f..8a970d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
-# git-discover = "0.13.1"
\ No newline at end of file
+clap = {version = "4.4.17", features = ["derive"]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cmd/init_cmd.rs b/src/cmd/init_cmd.rs
index e69de29..95fcbdf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init_cmd.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/init_cmd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use crate::internal::git::repo;
+use crate::internal::storage::init;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+fn get_init_runner(storage_dir: &PathBuf, mode: u32, gid: u32) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    
+    let git_repo = match repo::get_nearest_repo_dir(storage_dir) {
+        Ok(git_repo) => {
+            // json
+            git_repo
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            // json
+            return Err(e)
+        }
+    };
+
+    let init_run = init::init(&git_repo, &storage_dir, &mode, &gid);
+    
+
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/internal/git/repo.rs b/src/internal/git/repo.rs
index afe73f3..d74bf17 100644
--- a/src/internal/git/repo.rs
+++ b/src/internal/git/repo.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fn is_git_repo(dir: &PathBuf) -> bool {
     dir.join(".git").is_dir()
 }
 
-pub fn get_nearest_repo_dir(dir: PathBuf) -> Result<PathBuf, std::io::Error> {
+pub fn get_nearest_repo_dir(dir: &PathBuf) -> Result<PathBuf, std::io::Error> {
     let mut directory = match dir.canonicalize() {
         Ok(directory) => directory,
         Err(e) => return Err(e)
diff --git a/src/internal/storage/init.rs b/src/internal/storage/init.rs
index c14b0d4..dee8946 100644
--- a/src/internal/storage/init.rs
+++ b/src/internal/storage/init.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::fs::Permissions;
 
 
 
-fn init(root_dir: PathBuf, storage_dir: PathBuf, mode: u32, gid: u32) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> { // 
+pub fn init(root_dir: &PathBuf, storage_dir: &PathBuf, mode: &u32, gid: &u32) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> { // 
     // get storage directory as an absolute path
     let storage_dir_abs: PathBuf = match storage_dir.canonicalize() {
         Ok(storage_dir_abs) => {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 86fac9a..43233c5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,33 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::env;
+use clap::{arg, Command, ArgAction, Arg};
+use std::io;
 
 mod internal;
 use crate::internal::storage::init;
 use crate::internal::config::config;
 use crate::internal::git::repo;
-// use git_discover;
-
 mod cmd;
 use crate::cmd::init_cmd;
 
-fn main() {
+fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    let intro = Command::new("🌀 Devious")
+        .version("0.0.1")
+        .author("Andriy Massimilla, Jenna Johnson")
+        .about("version large files under Git")
+        .arg_required_else_help(false)
+        .get_matches();
+        
+       
+
+
+
+
     let current = env::current_dir().unwrap().display().to_string();
     println!("{current}");
-    let nearest_repo = repo::get_nearest_repo_dir(PathBuf::from(r"src")).unwrap().display().to_string();
+    let nearest_repo = repo::get_nearest_repo_dir(&PathBuf::from(r"src")).unwrap().display().to_string();
     println!("NEAREST PATH: {nearest_repo}");
 
-
-
     let dir = PathBuf::from("/cluster-data/user-homes/jenna/Projects/devious/src");
     let config = config::Config{storage_dir: dir.clone()};