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| author |  Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> | 2005-12-31 18:30:25 +0100 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-01-05 17:22:31 -0800 |
| commit | 8b32572c74172dfc1b3c86f2940deb8f384b1bc4 (patch) | |
| tree | 7e5bce7784ce6acbb1b228d0413cbd970d3f721c /Documentation/git-init-db.txt | |
| parent | ?alloc: do not return NULL when asked for zero bytes (diff) | |
| download | tgif-8b32572c74172dfc1b3c86f2940deb8f384b1bc4.tar.xz | |
git-init-db(1): Describe --shared and the idempotent nature of init-db
Based on the recent discussion on the mailing list.
Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-init-db.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-init-db.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index 6deef92508..ea4d849aa3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] +'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared] OPTIONS @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ OPTIONS --template=<template_directory>:: Provide the directory in from which templates will be used. +--shared:: + Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users. + DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -30,7 +33,16 @@ If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath - otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used. -`git-init-db` won't hurt an existing repository. +A shared repository allows users belonging to the same group to push into that +repository. When specifying `--shared` the config variable "core.sharedRepository" +is set to 'true' so that directories under `$GIT_DIR` are made group writable +(and g+sx, since the git group may be not the primary group of all users). + + +Running `git-init-db` in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite +things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning `git-init-db` +is to pick up newly added templates. + EXAMPLES |