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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index febc8c811d..99f96f7d4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ DESCRIPTION This simply creates an empty git object database - basically a `.git` directory and `.git/object/??/` directories. +If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it specifies a path +to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. + 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/objects` directory is used. |