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@@ -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).
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