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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 0a4a20e18..58cd01145 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS -------- -'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] +'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] + [--separate-git-dir|-L <git dir>] + [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] DESCRIPTION @@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ 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' is to pick up newly added templates. +rerunning 'git init' is to pick up newly added templates (or to move +the repository to another place if --separate-git-dir is given). OPTIONS ------- @@ -51,6 +54,16 @@ current working directory. Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.) +-L=<git dir>:: +--separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: + +Instead of initializing the repository where it is supposed to be, +place a filesytem-agnostic git symbolic link there, pointing to the +specified git path, and initialize a git repository at the path. The +result is git repository can be separated from working tree. If this +is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified +path. + --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]:: Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This |