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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-02-05 21:13:21 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-02-05 21:13:21 -0800 |
| commit | 076ffcc834f02a4f11d7f4fe8825be3b065020ff (patch) | |
| tree | 6f5fa28df80c60c9b0a1dfab028d3db33ae22fa0 /git-init.txt | |
| parent | 3f2ed6f9b744f05cf2ad32b0c0c80aa149d9fdcb (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-076ffcc834f02a4f11d7f4fe8825be3b065020ff.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.8.1.2-545-g2f19ad
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diff --git a/git-init.txt b/git-init.txt index 9ac2bbaa5..afd721e3a 100644 --- a/git-init.txt +++ b/git-init.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-init(1) NAME ---- -git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one +git-init - Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` +This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a `.git` directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, and template files. An initial `HEAD` file that references the HEAD of the master branch is also created. @@ -58,19 +58,19 @@ DIRECTORY" section below.) --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 +place a filesytem-agnostic Git symbolic link there, pointing to the +specified 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 +Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This allows users belonging to the same group to push into that repository. When specified, the config variable "core.sharedRepository" is set so that files and directories under `$GIT_DIR` are created with the -requested permissions. When not specified, git will use permissions reported +requested permissions. When not specified, Git will use permissions reported by umask(2). The option can have the following values, defaulting to 'group' if no value @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ The suggested patterns and hook files are all modifiable and extensible. EXAMPLES -------- -Start a new git repository for an existing code base:: +Start a new Git repository for an existing code base:: + ---------------- $ cd /path/to/my/codebase |