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init: document init.defaultBranch better

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Our documentation does not mention any future plan to change 'master' to
other value. It is a good idea to document this, though.

Initial-patch-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ 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.
@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path.
-b <branch-name>::
--initial-branch=<branch-name>::
Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created repository.
If not specified, fall back to the default name: `master`.
Use the specified 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|0xxx)]::