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| author |  Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr> | 2021-11-06 19:48:57 +0100 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-11-09 09:39:11 -0800 |
| commit | b7088a5f9ef0af6742e2b7eaa20dead5937eb726 (patch) | |
| tree | 8a1e0aab64bc265d749b9dd5e815f65852b3149f /Documentation | |
| parent | doc: git-http-push: describe the refs as pattern pairs (diff) | |
| download | tgif-b7088a5f9ef0af6742e2b7eaa20dead5937eb726.tar.xz | |
doc: git-init: clarify file modes in octal.
The previous explanation was mixing the format with the identity of
the field.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-init.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index fdb7b3f367..2553ab56f7 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|0xxx)]:: +--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|<umask>)]:: Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This allows users belonging to the same group to push into that @@ -110,13 +110,15 @@ the repository permissions. Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users. -'0xxx':: +'<umask>':: -'0xxx' is an octal number and each file will have mode '0xxx'. '0xxx' 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. +'<umask>' is a 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file +will have mode '<umask>'. '<umask>' 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. -- By default, the configuration flag `receive.denyNonFastForwards` is enabled |