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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index b611d80697..ad921fe782 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-init - Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] - [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--object-format=<format>] +'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] + [--separate-git-dir <git-dir>] [--object-format=<format>] [-b <branch-name> | --initial-branch=<branch-name>] - [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] + [--shared[=<permissions>]] [<directory>] DESCRIPTION @@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ values are 'sha1' and (if enabled) 'sha256'. 'sha1' is the default. + include::object-format-disclaimer.txt[] ---template=<template_directory>:: +--template=<template-directory>:: Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.) ---separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: +--separate-git-dir=<git-dir>:: Instead of initializing the repository as a directory to either `$GIT_DIR` or `./.git/`, create a text file there containing the path to the actual @@ -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|<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 @@ -110,13 +110,16 @@ the repository permissions. Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users. -'0xxx':: +'<perm>':: -'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. +'<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 (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 |