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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-11-06 19:48:58 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-11-09 09:39:11 -0800 |
| commit | f9b2b6684da11df4e1da56af1103e6ef56500618 (patch) | |
| tree | 130aa84cb500cd71ec84e41532d75d95655d5ac3 | |
| parent | doc: git-init: clarify file modes in octal. (diff) | |
| download | tgif-f9b2b6684da11df4e1da56af1103e6ef56500618.tar.xz | |
init doc: --shared=0xxx does not give umask but perm bits
The description that 0640 makes sure that the group members can read
the repository is correct, but calling that octal number a <umask>
is wrong. Let's call it <perm>, as the value is used to set the
permission bits.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-init.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 2553ab56f7..ad921fe782 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ repository. If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently `master`, but this is subject to change in the future; the name can be customized via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable). ---shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|<umask>)]:: +--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|<perm>)]:: Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This allows users belonging to the same group to push into that @@ -110,15 +110,16 @@ the repository permissions. Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users. -'<umask>':: +'<perm>':: -'<umask>' is a 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file -will have mode '<umask>'. '<umask>' will override users' umask(2) +'<perm>' is a 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file +will have mode '<perm>'. '<perm>' will override users' umask(2) value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and 'all' does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but not group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo that is readable and writable to the current user and group, but -inaccessible to others. +inaccessible to others (directories and executable files get their +`x` bit from the `r` bit for corresponding classes of users). -- By default, the configuration flag `receive.denyNonFastForwards` is enabled |