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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2006-01-06 17:13:58 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2006-01-06 17:13:58 -0800 |
| commit | 235a91e6b0d1d18a2517cf7e0a18278a6912bdb0 (patch) | |
| tree | 526cd006cb2571a64bb543fbe7fbdd8e425af718 /git-init-db.txt | |
| parent | ab0087622a692f2980ae9f169beb4459f36bf230 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-235a91e6b0d1d18a2517cf7e0a18278a6912bdb0.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/git-init-db.txt b/git-init-db.txt index 6deef9250..ea4d849aa 100644 --- a/git-init-db.txt +++ b/git-init-db.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] +'git-init-db' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared] OPTIONS @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ OPTIONS --template=<template_directory>:: Provide the directory in from which templates will be used. +--shared:: + Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users. + DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -30,7 +33,16 @@ 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. -`git-init-db` won't hurt an existing repository. +A shared repository allows users belonging to the same group to push into that +repository. When specifying `--shared` the config variable "core.sharedRepository" +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. + EXAMPLES |