Re: [PATCH 4/7] Documentation: git-init: --separate-git-dir: clarify
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:02:08
Linus Arver [off-list ref] writes:
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <redacted> ---
You would need to work on your justification skills ;-) in the log message. What does this change "clarify" and in what way?
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Documentation/git-init.txt | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index f21b85b..bf0a7ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ DIRECTORY" section below.) --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 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. +Separate the Git repository from your working tree. Instead of initializing the +repository as a directory to either `$GIT_DIR` or `./.git/`, create a text file +there containing the path to the actual repository. This file acts as +filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to the repository. ++ +If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path. --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::