Documentation: update tar.umask default

As noted by Mike Hommey, the documentation for the config setting tar.umask
is not up-to-date.  Commit f08b3b0e2e9ad87767d80ff03b013c686e08ba4b changed
the default from 0 to 2; this patch finally documents it.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 46f40ad4c..462595cf8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -675,15 +675,11 @@ showbranch.default::
 	See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
 
 tar.umask::
-	By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
-	to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
-	such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
-	With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
-	gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
-	The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
-	be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
-	the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
-	value remains 0, which means world read-write.
+	This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
+	tar archive entries.  The default is 0002, which turns off the
+	world write bit.  The special value "user" indicates that the
+	archiving user's umask will be used instead.  See umask(2) and
+	gitlink:git-archive[1].
 
 user.email::
 	Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.