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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 4da07c1580..f2080eb6ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -72,16 +72,13 @@ zip CONFIGURATION ------------- -By default, file and directories modes are set to 0666 or 0777 in tar -archives. It is possible to change this by setting the "umask" variable -in the repository configuration as follows : -[tar] - umask = 002 ;# group friendly - -The special umask value "user" indicates that the user's current umask -will be used instead. The default value remains 0, which means world -readable/writable files and directories. +tar.umask:: + This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of + tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the + world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the + archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) for + details. EXAMPLES -------- |