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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index adc6adf..daff93b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ git-init - Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] - [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--object-format=<format] - [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] +`git init` [`-q` | `--quiet`] [`--bare`] [++--template=++__<template-directory>__] + [`--separate-git-dir` _<git-dir>_] [++--object-format=++__<format>__] + [++--ref-format=++__<format>__] + [`-b` _<branch-name>_ | ++--initial-branch=++__<branch-name>__] + [++--shared++[++=++__<permissions>__]] [_<directory>_] DESCRIPTION @@ -19,99 +21,123 @@ DESCRIPTION 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. +`refs/tags`, and template files. An initial branch without any +commits will be created (see the `--initial-branch` option below +for its name). If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` environment variable then the sha1 directories -are created underneath - otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` +are created underneath; otherwise, the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used. -Running 'git init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not +Running `git init` in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for -rerunning 'git init' is to pick up newly added templates (or to move -the repository to another place if --separate-git-dir is given). +rerunning `git init` is to pick up newly added templates (or to move +the repository to another place if `--separate-git-dir` is given). OPTIONS ------- --q:: ---quiet:: +`-q`:: +`--quiet`:: Only print error and warning messages; all other output will be suppressed. ---bare:: +`--bare`:: Create a bare repository. If `GIT_DIR` environment is not set, it is set to the current working directory. ---object-format=<format>:: +++--object-format=++__<format>__:: -Specify the given object format (hash algorithm) for the repository. The valid -values are 'sha1' and (if enabled) 'sha256'. 'sha1' is the default. +Specify the given object _<format>_ (hash algorithm) for the repository. The valid +values are `sha1` and (if enabled) `sha256`. `sha1` is the default. ++ +include::object-format-disclaimer.txt[] + +++--ref-format=++__<format>__:: ---template=<template_directory>:: +Specify the given ref storage _<format>_ for the repository. The valid values are: ++ +include::ref-storage-format.txt[] + +++--template=++__<template-directory>__:: Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.) ---separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: +++--separate-git-dir=++__<git-dir>__:: Instead of initializing the repository as a directory to either `$GIT_DIR` or `./.git/`, create a text file there containing the path to the actual -repository. This file acts as filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to the +repository. This file acts as a filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to the repository. + -If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path. +If this is a reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path. + +`-b` _<branch-name>_:: +++--initial-branch=++__<branch-name>__:: ---shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]:: +Use _<branch-name>_ for the initial branch in the newly created +repository. If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently +`master`, but this is subject to change in the future; the name can be +customized via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable). + +++--shared++[++=++(`false`|`true`|`umask`|`group`|`all`|`world`|`everybody`|_<perm>_)]:: Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This allows users belonging to the same group to push into that -repository. When specified, the config variable "core.sharedRepository" is +repository. When specified, the config variable `core.sharedRepository` is set so that files and directories under `$GIT_DIR` are created with the requested permissions. When not specified, Git will use permissions reported -by umask(2). +by `umask`(2). + -The option can have the following values, defaulting to 'group' if no value +The option can have the following values, defaulting to `group` if no value is given: + -- -'umask' (or 'false'):: +`umask`:: +`false`:: -Use permissions reported by umask(2). The default, when `--shared` is not +Use permissions reported by `umask`(2). The default, when `--shared` is not specified. -'group' (or 'true'):: +`group`:: +`true`:: -Make the repository group-writable, (and g+sx, since the git group may be not +Make the repository group-writable, (and `g+sx`, since the git group may not be the primary group of all users). This is used to loosen the permissions of an -otherwise safe umask(2) value. Note that the umask still applies to the other -permission bits (e.g. if umask is '0022', using 'group' will not remove read -privileges from other (non-group) users). See '0xxx' for how to exactly specify +otherwise safe `umask`(2) value. Note that the umask still applies to the other +permission bits (e.g. if umask is `0022`, using `group` will not remove read +privileges from other (non-group) users). See `0xxx` for how to exactly specify the repository permissions. -'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'):: +`all`:: +`world`:: +`everybody`:: -Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users. +Same as `group`, but make the repository readable by all users. -'0xxx':: +_<perm>_:: -'0xxx' is an octal number and each file will have mode '0xxx'. '0xxx' will -override users' umask(2) value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and -'all' does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but not -group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo that is -readable and writable to the current user and group, but inaccessible to others. +_<perm>_ is a 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file +will have mode _<perm>_. _<perm>_ will override users' `umask`(2) +value (and not only loosen permissions as `group` and `all` +do). `0640` will create a repository which is group-readable, but +not group-writable or accessible to others. `0660` will create a repo +that is readable and writable to the current user and group, but +inaccessible to others (directories and executable files get their +`x` bit from the `r` bit for corresponding classes of users). -- By default, the configuration flag `receive.denyNonFastForwards` is enabled in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non fast-forwarding push into it. -If you provide a 'directory', the command is run inside it. If this directory +If you provide a _<directory>_, the command is run inside it. If this directory does not exist, it will be created. TEMPLATE DIRECTORY @@ -150,10 +176,19 @@ $ git add . <2> $ git commit <3> ---------------- + -<1> Create a /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory. +<1> Create a `/path/to/my/codebase/.git` directory. <2> Add all existing files to the index. <3> Record the pristine state as the first commit in the history. +CONFIGURATION +------------- + +include::includes/cmd-config-section-all.txt[] + +:git-init: + +include::config/init.txt[] + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |