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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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This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a `.git`
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This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a `.git`
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directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`,
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directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`,
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`refs/tags`, and template files. An initial `HEAD` file that
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`refs/tags`, and template files. An initial branch without any
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references the HEAD of the master branch is also created.
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commits will be created (see the `--initial-branch` option below
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for its name).
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If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
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If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
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to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
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to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
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-b <branch-name>::
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-b <branch-name>::
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--initial-branch=<branch-name>::
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Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created repository.
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Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created
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If not specified, fall back to the default name: `master`.
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repository. If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently
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`master`, but this is subject to change in the future; the name can be
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customized via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable).
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--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::
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--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::
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