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 - Create a new folder with your project name and sample files, enough to get you started with dbt
 - Create a connection profile on your local machine. The default location is `~/.dbt/profiles.yml`. Read more in [configuring your profile](/docs/core/connect-data-platform/connection-profiles).
 
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+When using `dbt init` to initialize your project, include the `--profile` flag to specify an existing `profiles.yml` as the `profile:` key to use instead of creating a new one. For example, `dbt init --profile`.
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+If the profile does not exist in `profiles.yml` or the command is run inside an existing project, the command raises an error.
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 ## Existing project
 
 If you've just cloned or downloaded an existing dbt project, `dbt init` can still help you set up your connection profile so that you can start working quickly. It will prompt you for connection information, as above, and add a profile (using the `profile` name from the project) to your local `profiles.yml`, or create the file if it doesn't already exist.
 
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 ## profile_template.yml
 
 `dbt init` knows how to prompt for connection information by looking for a file named `profile_template.yml`. It will look for this file in two places: