diff --git a/node/common/package.json b/node/common/package.json
index d086f0dd..9b42d550 100644
--- a/node/common/package.json
+++ b/node/common/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eclipse-theiacloud/common",
-  "version": "0.8.0-alpha.23",
+  "version": "0.8.0-alpha.24",
   "description": "Common functionality for Theia.cloud",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/node/common/src/client.ts b/node/common/src/client.ts
index b7ee7131..3c46d027 100644
--- a/node/common/src/client.ts
+++ b/node/common/src/client.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { AxiosError, AxiosRequestConfig, AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
 import {
-  LaunchRequest as ClientLaunchRequest,
+  GitInit as ClientGitInit,  LaunchRequest as ClientLaunchRequest,
   PingRequest as ClientPingRequest, RootResourceApi, SessionActivityRequest as ClientSessionActivityRequest, SessionListRequest as ClientSessionListRequest,
   SessionPerformance, SessionPerformanceRequest as ClientSessionPerformanceRequest,
   SessionResourceApi, SessionSpec, SessionStartRequest as ClientSessionStartRequest, SessionStopRequest as ClientSessionStopRequest,
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ export namespace LaunchRequest {
   }
 
   export function createWorkspace(serviceUrl: string, appId: string, appDefinition: string, timeout?: number, user: string = createUser(),
-    workspaceName?: string, label?: string): LaunchRequest {
-    return { serviceUrl, appId, appDefinition, user, label, workspaceName, ephemeral: false, timeout };
+    workspaceName?: string, label?: string, gitInit?: GitInit): LaunchRequest {
+    return { serviceUrl, appId, appDefinition, user, label, workspaceName, ephemeral: false, timeout, gitInit };
   }
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-  export function existingWorkspace(serviceUrl: string, appId: string, workspaceName: string, timeout?: number, appDefinition?: string, user: string = createUser()): LaunchRequest {
-    return { serviceUrl, appId, workspaceName, appDefinition, user, timeout };
+  export function existingWorkspace(serviceUrl: string, appId: string, workspaceName: string, timeout?: number, appDefinition?: string, user: string = createUser(), gitInit?: GitInit): LaunchRequest {
+    return { serviceUrl, appId, workspaceName, appDefinition, user, timeout, gitInit };
   }
 }
 
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ export namespace WorkspaceDeletionRequest {
   export const KIND = 'workspaceDeletionRequest';
 }
 
+export type GitInit = ClientGitInit;
+
 export namespace TheiaCloud {
   function rootApi(serviceUrl: string, accessToken: string | undefined): RootResourceApi {
     return new RootResourceApi(new Configuration({ basePath: serviceUrl, accessToken }));
diff --git a/terraform/terraform.md b/terraform/terraform.md
index 48c33a52..9bf20521 100644
--- a/terraform/terraform.md
+++ b/terraform/terraform.md
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ You might have to configure the firewall for mounting.
 
 ```bash
 # This mounts the ~/tmp/minikube on the machine running minikube into minkube. 
-# Check the persisted volume to find the exact /tmp/hostpath-provisioner/theia-cloud/id path
-minikube mount ~/tmp/minikube:/tmp/hostpath-provisioner/theia-cloud/a36c30cee-4d97-4097-826a-31ba72734fd0-pvc-ws-asdfghjkl-theia-c/
+# Check the persisted volume to find the exact /tmp/hostpath-provisioner/theia-cloud/ path
+minikube mount --uid 101 --gid 101 ~/tmp/minikube:/tmp/hostpath-provisioner/theia-cloud
 ```
 
 #### Destroy Minikube Cluster