git/Documentation
Johannes Schindelin 32ba12dab2 init: allow specifying the initial branch name for the new repository
There is a growing number of projects and companies desiring to change
the main branch name of their repositories (see e.g.
https://twitter.com/mislav/status/1270388510684598272 for background on
this).

To change that branch name for new repositories, currently the only way
to do that automatically is by copying all of Git's template directory,
then hard-coding the desired default branch name into the `.git/HEAD`
file, and then configuring `init.templateDir` to point to those copied
template files.

To make this process much less cumbersome, let's introduce a new option:
`--initial-branch=<branch-name>`.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
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config Merge branch 'la/diff-relative-config' 2020-06-02 13:35:04 -07:00
howto update how-to-maintain-git 2020-03-09 07:57:57 -07:00
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technical Merge branch 'dl/remote-curl-deadlock-fix' 2020-06-08 18:06:30 -07:00
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asciidoc.conf Doc: drop support for docbook-xsl before 1.72.0 2020-03-29 09:25:38 -07:00
asciidoctor-extensions.rb Merge branch 'ma/user-manual-markup-update' 2019-10-06 12:25:16 +09:00
blame-options.txt blame: add config options for the output of ignored or unblamable lines 2019-05-16 11:36:23 +09:00
build-docdep.perl
cat-texi.perl Documentation: remove unneeded argument in cat-texi.perl 2017-01-23 10:56:47 -08:00
cmd-list.perl command-list: prepare machinery for upcoming "common groups" section 2015-05-21 13:03:37 -07:00
CodingGuidelines Merge branch 'jc/codingstyle-compare-with-null' 2020-05-14 14:39:42 -07:00
config.txt Merge branch 'mt/doc-worktree-ref' 2020-05-01 13:39:56 -07:00
date-formats.txt date-formats.txt: fix list continuation 2020-05-18 13:18:56 -07:00
diff-format.txt doc: indent multi-line items in list 2019-12-13 12:18:07 -08:00
diff-generate-patch.txt diff, log doc: small grammer, format, and language fixes 2019-09-17 12:14:06 -07:00
diff-options.txt diff: add config option relative 2020-05-24 16:23:59 -07:00
doc-diff doc-diff: use single-colon rule in rendering Makefile 2020-02-18 13:53:30 -08:00
docbook-xsl.css
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everyday.txto Documentation: fix linkgit references 2016-05-09 15:44:14 -07:00
fetch-options.txt Merge branch 'dr/doc-recurse-submodules' 2020-04-28 15:50:01 -07:00
fix-texi.perl
git-add.txt add: support the --pathspec-from-file option 2019-12-04 10:10:37 -08:00
git-am.txt Documentation: document am --no-gpg-sign 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-annotate.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-apply.txt Merge branch 'nd/diff-apply-ita' 2018-06-25 13:22:36 -07:00
git-archimport.txt git-archimport.1: specify what kind of Arch we're talking about 2018-09-21 09:28:58 -07:00
git-archive.txt
git-bisect-lk2009.txt Merge branch 'dl/lore-is-the-archive' 2019-12-06 15:09:24 -08:00
git-bisect.txt Documentation/git-bisect.txt: add --no-ff to merge command 2019-10-29 11:53:56 +09:00
git-blame.txt blame: add the ability to ignore commits and their changes 2019-05-16 11:36:23 +09:00
git-branch.txt docs: add missing diamond brackets 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
git-bugreport.txt Merge branch 'es/bugreport-shell' 2020-06-08 18:06:28 -07:00
git-bundle.txt Merge branch 'po/bundle-doc-clonable' 2019-12-10 13:11:41 -08:00
git-cat-file.txt Merge branch 'dt/cat-file-batch-ambiguous' 2019-02-06 22:05:21 -08:00
git-check-attr.txt Documentation: fix a bunch of typos, both old and new 2019-11-07 13:42:00 +09:00
git-check-ignore.txt Merge branch 'en/check-ignore' into maint 2020-03-17 15:02:23 -07:00
git-check-mailmap.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-check-ref-format.txt doc: promote "git switch" 2019-04-02 13:57:00 +09:00
git-checkout-index.txt
git-checkout.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-cherry-pick.txt cherry-pick/revert: honour --no-gpg-sign in all case 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-cherry.txt
git-citool.txt
git-clean.txt Merge branch 'en/clean-nested-with-ignored' 2019-10-11 14:24:46 +09:00
git-clone.txt docs: add missing diamond brackets 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
git-column.txt git-column.txt: fix section header 2018-12-26 15:29:30 -08:00
git-commit-graph.txt Merge branch 'tb/commit-graph-no-check-oids' 2020-06-08 18:06:27 -07:00
git-commit-tree.txt Documentation: merge commit-tree --[no-]gpg-sign 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-commit.txt Documentation: reword commit --no-gpg-sign 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-config.txt config: add '--show-scope' to print the scope of a config value 2020-02-10 10:49:12 -08:00
git-count-objects.txt count-objects: report alternates via verbose mode 2016-10-10 13:52:37 -07:00
git-credential-cache--daemon.txt
git-credential-cache.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-credential-store.txt Merge branch 'cb/credential-store-ignore-bogus-lines' 2020-05-08 14:25:01 -07:00
git-credential.txt git-credential.txt: use list continuation 2020-05-18 13:19:33 -07:00
git-cvsexportcommit.txt
git-cvsimport.txt Merge branch 'jk/doc-cvs-update' into maint 2016-10-03 13:22:25 -07:00
git-cvsserver.txt Documentation: fix a bunch of typos, both old and new 2019-11-07 13:42:00 +09:00
git-daemon.txt doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace. 2019-03-13 11:14:22 +09:00
git-describe.txt describe doc: remove '7-char' abbreviation reference 2019-04-08 17:24:51 +09:00
git-diff-files.txt
git-diff-index.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-diff-tree.txt Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt: fix formatting 2019-04-01 15:17:47 +09:00
git-diff.txt git-diff.txt: document return code of --no-index 2019-11-02 13:16:41 +09:00
git-difftool.txt difftool: fallback on merge.guitool 2019-05-13 23:11:59 +09:00
git-fast-export.txt Documentation: fix a bunch of typos, both old and new 2019-11-07 13:42:00 +09:00
git-fast-import.txt Merge branch 'en/fast-import-looser-date' 2020-06-02 13:35:05 -07:00
git-fetch-pack.txt Documentation: fix several one-character-off spelling errors 2018-04-09 14:15:02 +09:00
git-fetch.txt doc: typo: s/can not/cannot/ and s/is does/does/ 2019-08-05 10:05:24 -07:00
git-filter-branch.txt git-filter-branch.txt: wrap "maths" notation in backticks 2020-02-04 12:17:18 -08:00
git-fmt-merge-msg.txt config.txt: move fmt-merge-msg-config.txt to config/ 2018-10-29 10:17:01 +09:00
git-for-each-ref.txt ref-filter: add worktreepath atom 2019-05-07 13:45:53 +09:00
git-format-patch.txt format-patch: teach --no-encode-email-headers 2020-04-07 22:37:18 -07:00
git-fsck-objects.txt
git-fsck.txt Documentation/git-fsck.txt: include fsck.* config variables 2019-07-29 10:41:18 -07:00
git-gc.txt Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch 2019-09-05 13:01:48 -07:00
git-get-tar-commit-id.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
git-grep.txt Merge branch 'mt/grep-cquote-path' 2020-04-28 15:50:09 -07:00
git-gui.txt Documentation: update the location of the git-gui repo 2019-10-06 09:45:02 +09:00
git-hash-object.txt hash-object doc: stop mentioning git-cvsimport 2019-05-28 10:47:42 -07:00
git-help.txt doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace. 2019-03-13 11:14:22 +09:00
git-http-backend.txt Documentation: turn middle-of-line tabs into spaces 2019-03-07 09:25:32 +09:00
git-http-fetch.txt http-fetch: make -a standard behaviour 2018-04-24 10:55:02 +09:00
git-http-push.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-imap-send.txt git-imap-send.txt: move imap.* to a separate file 2018-10-29 10:17:02 +09:00
git-index-pack.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-init-db.txt
git-init.txt init: allow specifying the initial branch name for the new repository 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
git-instaweb.txt git-instaweb: add Python builtin http.server support 2019-01-28 10:57:44 -08:00
git-interpret-trailers.txt interpret-trailers.txt: start the desc line with a capital letter 2019-04-01 15:49:47 +09:00
git-log.txt Merge branch 'ds/log-exclude-decoration-config' 2020-04-28 15:50:08 -07:00
git-ls-files.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-ls-remote.txt Merge branch 'jc/doc-single-h-is-for-help' into maint 2020-03-17 15:02:24 -07:00
git-ls-tree.txt doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace. 2019-03-13 11:14:22 +09:00
git-mailinfo.txt Merge branch 'va/mailinfo-doc-typofix' into maint 2016-05-26 13:17:14 -07:00
git-mailsplit.txt mailsplit: support unescaping mboxrd messages 2016-06-06 11:14:43 -07:00
git-merge-base.txt git-merge-base.txt: render indentations correctly under Asciidoctor 2019-09-09 11:05:51 -07:00
git-merge-file.txt merge-file: clamp exit code to maximum 127 2015-10-29 12:10:23 -07:00
git-merge-index.txt git-merge-index.txt: wrap shell listing in "----" 2019-09-09 11:05:52 -07:00
git-merge-one-file.txt
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git-merge.txt Doc: reference the "stash list" in autostash docs 2020-05-05 16:07:30 -07:00
git-mergetool--lib.txt mergetool: use get_merge_tool function 2019-05-13 23:11:59 +09:00
git-mergetool.txt mergetool: fallback to tool when guitool unavailable 2019-05-13 23:11:59 +09:00
git-mktag.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
git-mktree.txt Documentation: normalize spelling of 'normalised' 2018-04-09 14:15:07 +09:00
git-multi-pack-index.txt multi-pack-index: respect repack.packKeptObjects=false 2020-05-10 09:50:55 -07:00
git-mv.txt doc: typeset short command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:20:52 -07:00
git-name-rev.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-notes.txt notes: fix minimum number of parameters to "copy" subcommand 2019-10-18 09:43:10 +09:00
git-p4.txt git-p4: add p4 submit hooks 2020-02-14 08:58:53 -08:00
git-pack-objects.txt config: set pack.useSparse=true by default 2020-03-20 14:22:31 -07:00
git-pack-redundant.txt
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git-patch-id.txt doc: remove unsupported parameter from patch-id 2017-07-28 14:41:32 -07:00
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git-pull.txt Merge branch 'dl/merge-autostash' 2020-04-29 16:15:27 -07:00
git-push.txt doc: fix repeated words 2019-08-11 17:40:07 -07:00
git-quiltimport.txt git-quiltimport: add --keep-non-patch option 2019-01-07 15:29:34 -08:00
git-range-diff.txt Merge branch 'dl/range-diff-with-notes' 2019-12-05 12:52:44 -08:00
git-read-tree.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-rebase.txt Doc: reference the "stash list" in autostash docs 2020-05-05 16:07:30 -07:00
git-receive-pack.txt git-receive-pack.txt: wrap shell [script] listing in "----" 2019-09-09 11:05:52 -07:00
git-reflog.txt reflog expire: cover reflog from all worktrees 2018-10-22 13:32:54 +09:00
git-remote-ext.txt Merge branch 'js/check-docs-exe' 2019-04-22 11:14:46 +09:00
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git-remote.txt doc: promote "git switch" 2019-04-02 13:57:00 +09:00
git-repack.txt doc: fix repeated words 2019-08-11 17:40:07 -07:00
git-replace.txt Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch 2019-09-05 13:01:48 -07:00
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git-rerere.txt Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
git-reset.txt doc: document --recurse-submodules for reset and restore 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-restore.txt Merge branch 'es/restore-staged-from-head-by-default' 2020-05-08 14:25:08 -07:00
git-rev-list.txt git-rev-list.txt: prune options in synopsis 2019-10-06 09:45:19 +09:00
git-rev-parse.txt rev-parse: make --show-toplevel without a worktree an error 2019-11-20 10:19:58 +09:00
git-revert.txt cherry-pick/revert: honour --no-gpg-sign in all case 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-rm.txt rm: support the --pathspec-from-file option 2020-02-19 10:56:49 -08:00
git-send-email.txt Documentation: wrap config listings in "----" 2019-09-09 11:05:51 -07:00
git-send-pack.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
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git-shell.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-shortlog.txt git-shortlog.txt: include commit limiting options 2019-11-10 15:13:23 +09:00
git-show-branch.txt Documentation/git-show-branch: avoid literal {apostrophe} 2019-04-10 12:05:03 +09:00
git-show-index.txt show-index: update documentation for index v2 2018-05-29 00:28:22 +09:00
git-show-ref.txt git-show-ref.txt: fix order of flags 2019-01-10 10:29:05 -08:00
git-show.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-sparse-checkout.txt git-sparse-checkout.txt: add missing ' 2020-05-18 13:19:54 -07:00
git-stage.txt
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git-status.txt Documentation: wrap blocks with "--" 2019-09-09 11:05:51 -07:00
git-stripspace.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
git-submodule.txt submodule: fall back to remote's HEAD for missing remote.<name>.branch 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
git-svn.txt git svn: stop using rebase --preserve-merges 2019-11-23 09:49:23 +09:00
git-switch.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
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git-tag.txt Documentation: fix a bunch of typos, both old and new 2019-11-07 13:42:00 +09:00
git-tools.txt doc: replace or.cz gitwiki link with git.wiki.kernel.org 2017-04-20 22:05:37 -07:00
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git-update-index.txt doc: dissuade users from trying to ignore tracked files 2020-01-22 12:27:49 -08:00
git-update-ref.txt update-ref: implement interactive transaction handling 2020-04-02 11:09:49 -07:00
git-update-server-info.txt update-server-info: avoid needless overwrites 2019-05-15 14:07:37 +09:00
git-upload-archive.txt Documentation: match underline with the text 2015-10-22 10:16:12 -07:00
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git-var.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-verify-commit.txt Merge branch 'dn/gpg-doc' into maint 2016-07-06 13:06:36 -07:00
git-verify-pack.txt git-verify-pack.txt: fix inconsistent spelling of "packfile" 2015-05-17 11:24:57 -07:00
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git-web--browse.txt doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace. 2019-03-13 11:14:22 +09:00
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git-write-tree.txt
git.txt Merge branch 'jt/curl-verbose-on-trace-curl' 2020-06-08 18:06:32 -07:00
gitattributes.txt userdiff: support Markdown 2020-05-02 18:04:12 -07:00
gitcli.txt Merge branch 'jc/doc-single-h-is-for-help' into maint 2020-03-17 15:02:24 -07:00
gitcore-tutorial.txt doc/gitcore-tutorial: fix prose to match example command 2020-01-08 08:56:40 -08:00
gitcredentials.txt Merge branch 'cb/credential-doc-fixes' 2020-05-13 12:19:19 -07:00
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giteveryday.txt doc: promote "git restore" 2019-05-07 13:04:48 +09:00
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githooks.txt Merge branch 'bk/p4-pre-edit-changelist' 2020-04-22 13:42:43 -07:00
gitignore.txt Merge branch 'an/ignore-doc-update' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:13 -07:00
gitk.txt doc: log, gitk: line-log arguments must exist in starting revision 2019-12-26 11:00:15 -08:00
gitmodules.txt submodule: fall back to remote's HEAD for missing remote.<name>.branch 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
gitnamespaces.txt doc: mention transfer data leaks in more places 2016-11-14 11:23:07 -08:00
gitremote-helpers.txt stateless-connect: send response end packet 2020-05-24 16:26:00 -07:00
gitrepository-layout.txt Merge branch 'sg/dir-trie-fixes' 2019-11-10 18:02:14 +09:00
gitrevisions.txt push doc: correct lies about how push refspecs work 2018-08-31 14:04:06 -07:00
gitsubmodules.txt doc: list all commands affected by submodule.recurse 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
gittutorial-2.txt doc: promote "git restore" 2019-05-07 13:04:48 +09:00
gittutorial.txt doc: promote "git restore" 2019-05-07 13:04:48 +09:00
gitweb.conf.txt gitweb.conf.txt: switch pluses to backticks to help Asciidoctor 2019-09-09 11:05:52 -07:00
gitweb.txt doc: don't use git.kernel.org as example gitweb URL 2019-06-24 12:37:21 -07:00
gitworkflows.txt doc: promote "git switch" 2019-04-02 13:57:00 +09:00
glossary-content.txt doc: typo: s/can not/cannot/ and s/is does/does/ 2019-08-05 10:05:24 -07:00
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merge-options.txt Merge branch 'dl/merge-autostash' 2020-04-29 16:15:27 -07:00
merge-strategies.txt merge-strategies: fix typo "reflected to" to "reflected in" 2019-11-11 11:04:46 +09:00
MyFirstContribution.txt MyFirstContribution: rephrase contact info 2020-02-14 09:36:56 -08:00
MyFirstObjectWalk.txt MyFirstObjectWalk: remove unnecessary conditional statement 2020-03-30 11:16:41 -07:00
pretty-formats.txt Documentation: explain "mboxrd" pretty format 2020-04-15 22:08:53 -07:00
pretty-options.txt Merge branch 'dl/pretty-reference' 2019-12-10 13:11:43 -08:00
pull-fetch-param.txt pull doc: refer to a specific section in 'fetch' doc 2020-04-05 15:00:03 -07:00
rev-list-options.txt rev-list-options.txt: start a list for show-pulls 2020-05-26 08:04:36 -07:00
revisions.txt docs: fix minor glitch in illustration 2020-04-21 13:21:52 -07:00
sequencer.txt cherry-pick/revert: add --skip option 2019-07-02 12:08:08 -07:00
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texi.xsl Documentation: add XSLT to fix DocBook for Texinfo 2017-01-23 10:56:53 -08:00
trace2-target-values.txt docs: mention trace2 target-dir mode in git-config 2019-10-04 09:26:42 +09:00
transfer-data-leaks.txt doc: mention transfer data leaks in more places 2016-11-14 11:23:07 -08:00
urls-remotes.txt Documentation: match underline with the text 2015-10-22 10:16:12 -07:00
urls.txt Doc: Bundle file usage 2019-10-21 12:02:39 +09:00
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