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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-init-db.txt | 18 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index ea4d849aa..aeb1115af 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS OPTIONS ------- --template=<template_directory>:: - Provide the directory in from which templates will be used. + Provide the directory from which templates will be used. + The default template directory is `/usr/share/git-core/templates`. --shared:: Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users. @@ -22,9 +23,17 @@ OPTIONS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This simply creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory -and `.git/object/??/`, `.git/refs/heads` and `.git/refs/tags` directories, -and links `.git/HEAD` symbolically to `.git/refs/heads/master`. +This command creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory +with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, and +templated files. +An initial `HEAD` file that references the HEAD of the master branch +is also created. + +If `--template=<template_directory>` is specified, `<template_directory>` +is used as the source of the template files rather than the default. +The template files include some directory structure, some suggested +"exclude patterns", and copies of non-executing "hook" files. The +suggested patterns and hook files are all modifiable and extensible. If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. @@ -38,7 +47,6 @@ repository. When specifying `--shared` the config variable "core.sharedRepositor is set to 'true' so that directories under `$GIT_DIR` are made group writable (and g+sx, since the git group may be not the primary group of all users). - Running `git-init-db` in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning `git-init-db` is to pick up newly added templates. |