From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Loeliger Subject: [PATCH] Document the default source of template files. Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:24:49 -0600 Message-ID: X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Mar 18 01:25:21 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FKPFs-0006gf-Sk for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:25:17 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932167AbWCRAZK (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:25:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932253AbWCRAZK (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:25:10 -0500 Received: from www.jdl.com ([66.118.10.122]:15757 "EHLO jdl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932167AbWCRAZI (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:25:08 -0500 Received: from jdl (helo=jdl.com) by jdl.com with local-esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1FKPFR-00061z-Jh for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:24:50 -0600 To: git@vger.kernel.org X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Also explain a bit more about how the template option works. Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger --- Documentation/git-init-db.txt | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) d86b69902d855748ff636d2debbf9524c6f09c04 diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index ea4d849..aeb1115 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 `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. @@ -38,7 +47,6 @@ repository. When specifying `--shared` t is set to 'true' so that directories under `$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. -- 1.2.4.gdd7be