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@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
+'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>]
+ [--separate-git-dir|-L <git dir>]
+ [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ directory is used.
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.
+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
-------
@@ -51,6 +54,16 @@ current working directory.
Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE
DIRECTORY" section below.)
+-L=<git dir>::
+--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
+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