From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] Documentation: git-init: --separate-git-dir: clarify Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:12:21 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1407002817-29221-1-git-send-email-linusarver@gmail.com> <1407002817-29221-5-git-send-email-linusarver@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Linus Arver X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Aug 06 00:12:36 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XEmyA-0005oY-LY for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:12:35 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753454AbaHEWMb (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2014 18:12:31 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:58983 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752854AbaHEWMa (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2014 18:12:30 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 171952EDFE; Tue, 5 Aug 2014 18:12:30 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=HOgZDluAaPINq4v6MQfitgf0ZJ8=; b=UeY+X5 msDkm9AHejELovlEc/Ecp4D7FvZCHw5VBq4niUbIsN0kKTast355sPkpzXfG0PM9 1gRhswxag8GMCRkaehlao0UT4nDRf10HZoqAKkswIlPAd5Po4CUhxoH53z2DWsdA oMp4e3LrGPormX3TwqXvuIomKGNGU1hAgzz+M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=pN1UMDpZZD5WnU2dMSgZCWjqfZ8gYREp jhMAPVrnDt+rOm+vSVtC+Is89I6aNWdp4dtJ75T5BPMSAiqGlhn5LNdcw0qYN3nH KwF7opTVJHY9ikp//svSn3MY+MTYTKY7jMkXI6IobUlQKlciINowv8xHKYgxBMiT puSS9aGfeCs= Received: from pb-smtp0.int.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DFE12EDFD; Tue, 5 Aug 2014 18:12:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [72.14.226.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 411922EDF7; Tue, 5 Aug 2014 18:12:23 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <1407002817-29221-5-git-send-email-linusarver@gmail.com> (Linus Arver's message of "Sat, 2 Aug 2014 11:06:54 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 9357780C-1CED-11E4-BF5D-9903E9FBB39C-77302942!pb-smtp0.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Linus Arver writes: > Signed-off-by: Linus Arver > --- You would need to work on your justification skills ;-) in the log message. What does this change "clarify" and in what way? > Documentation/git-init.txt | 12 ++++++------ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt > index f21b85b..bf0a7ae 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt > @@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ DIRECTORY" section below.) > > --separate-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 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. > +Separate the Git repository from your working tree. Instead of initializing the > +repository as a directory to either `$GIT_DIR` or `./.git/`, create a text file > +there containing the path to the actual repository. This file acts as > +filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to the repository. > ++ > +If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path. > > --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::