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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 59ecda6c17..b611d80697 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ DESCRIPTION This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a `.git` directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, -`refs/tags`, and template files. An initial `HEAD` file that -references the HEAD of the master branch is also created. +`refs/tags`, and template files. An initial branch without any +commits will be created (see the `--initial-branch` option below +for its name). If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. @@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path. -b <branch-name>:: --initial-branch=<branch-name>:: -Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created repository. -If not specified, fall back to the default name: `master`. +Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created +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)]:: |