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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 71749c09d3..7151d12f34 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -54,15 +54,21 @@ is given: - 'group' (or 'true'): Make the repository group-writable, (and g+sx, since the git group may be not the primary group of all users). + This is used to loosen the permissions of an otherwise safe umask(2) value. + Note that the umask still applies to the other permission bits (e.g. if + umask is '0022', using 'group' will not remove read privileges from other + (non-group) users). See '0xxx' for how to exactly specify the repository + permissions. - 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'): Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users. - - '0xxx': '0xxx' is an octal number and each file will have mode '0xxx' - Any option except 'umask' can be set using this option. '0xxx' will - override users umask(2) value, and thus, users with a safe umask (0077) - can use this option. '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable - but not writable. '0660' is equivalent to 'group'. + - '0xxx': '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. By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastForwards is enabled in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non fast-forwarding push |