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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 792643c809..71749c09d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] +'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] OPTIONS @@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ 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_DIR/objects` directory is used. -Running `git-init` in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite -things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning `git-init` +Running 'git-init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite +things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning 'git-init' is to pick up newly added templates. -Note that `git-init` is the same as `git-init-db`. The command +Note that 'git-init' is the same as 'git-init-db'. The command was primarily meant to initialize the object database, but over time it has become responsible for setting up the other aspects of the repository, such as installing the default hooks and @@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ Start a new git repository for an existing code base:: + ---------------- $ cd /path/to/my/codebase -$ git-init <1> -$ git-add . <2> +$ git init <1> +$ git add . <2> ---------------- + <1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory |