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@@ -414,7 +414,26 @@ git-init(1) Manual Page
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 <h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>

 <div class="sectionbody">

-<div class="paragraph"><p><em>git init</em> [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=&lt;template_directory&gt;] [--shared[=&lt;permissions&gt;]] [directory]</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p><em>git init</em> [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=&lt;template_directory&gt;]

+          [--separate-git-dir|-L &lt;git dir&gt;]

+          [--shared[=&lt;permissions&gt;]] [directory]</p></div>

+</div>

+<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>

+<div class="sectionbody">

+<div class="paragraph"><p>This command creates an empty git repository - basically a <tt>.git</tt>

+directory with subdirectories for <tt>objects</tt>, <tt>refs/heads</tt>,

+<tt>refs/tags</tt>, and template files.  An initial <tt>HEAD</tt> file that

+references the HEAD of the master branch is also created.</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>If the <tt>$GIT_DIR</tt> environment variable is set then it specifies a path

+to use instead of <tt>./.git</tt> for the base of the repository.</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>If the object storage directory is specified via the

+<tt>$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY</tt> environment variable then the sha1 directories

+are created underneath - otherwise the default <tt>$GIT_DIR/objects</tt>

+directory is used.</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Running <em>git init</em> in an existing repository is safe. It will not

+overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for

+rerunning <em>git init</em> is to pick up newly added templates (or to move

+the repository to another place if --separate-git-dir is given).</p></div>

 </div>

 <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>

 <div class="sectionbody">

@@ -449,6 +468,22 @@ DIRECTORY" section below.)
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 </dd>

 <dt class="hdlist1">

+-L=&lt;git dir&gt;

+</dt>

+<dt class="hdlist1">

+--separate-git-dir=&lt;git dir&gt;

+</dt>

+<dd>

+<p>

+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.

+</p>

+</dd>

+<dt class="hdlist1">

 --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]

 </dt>

 <dd>

@@ -505,28 +540,6 @@ into it.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>If you name a (possibly non-existent) directory at the end of the command

 line, the command is run inside the directory (possibly after creating it).</p></div>

 </div>

-<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>

-<div class="sectionbody">

-<div class="paragraph"><p>This command creates an empty git repository - basically a <tt>.git</tt> directory

-with subdirectories for <tt>objects</tt>, <tt>refs/heads</tt>, <tt>refs/tags</tt>, and

-template files.

-An initial <tt>HEAD</tt> file that references the HEAD of the master branch

-is also created.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>If the <tt>$GIT_DIR</tt> environment variable is set then it specifies a path

-to use instead of <tt>./.git</tt> for the base of the repository.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>If the object storage directory is specified via the <tt>$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY</tt>

-environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -

-otherwise the default <tt>$GIT_DIR/objects</tt> directory is used.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Running <em>git init</em> in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite

-things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning <em>git init</em>

-is to pick up newly added templates.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that <em>git init</em> is the same as <em>git init-db</em>.  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

-setting the configuration variables.  The old name is retained

-for backward compatibility reasons.</p></div>

-</div>

 <h2 id="_template_directory">TEMPLATE DIRECTORY</h2>

 <div class="sectionbody">

 <div class="paragraph"><p>The template directory contains files and directories that will be copied to

@@ -592,7 +605,7 @@ add all existing file to the index
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-Last updated 2011-03-15 23:30:13 UTC

+Last updated 2011-04-02 04:31:58 UTC

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