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Document the default source of template files.

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Also explain a bit more about how the template option works.

Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Jon Loeliger 2006-03-17 18:24:49 -06:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/git-init-db.txt
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@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
OPTIONS
-------
--template=<template_directory>::
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=<template_directory>` is specified, `<template_directory>`
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 `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
@ -38,7 +47,6 @@ repository. When specifying `--shared` the config variable "core.sharedRepositor
is set to 'true' so that directories under `$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.