From: Jon Loeliger Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:24:49 +0000 (-0600) Subject: Document the default source of template files. X-Git-Tag: v1.3.0-rc1~22^2~5 X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=81ea3ce2ace4d8b76dbfe2aa6b4199472115a115;p=git.git Document the default source of template files. Also explain a bit more about how the template option works. Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index ea4d849a..aeb1115a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS OPTIONS ------- --template=:: - 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=` is specified, `` +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.