[PATCH v3 09/10] doc: git-init: clarify file modes in octal.
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From: Jean-Noël Avila <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-06 18:50:03
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documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
The previous explanation was mixing the format with the identity of the field. Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <redacted> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted> --- Documentation/git-init.txt | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index fdb7b3f367..af0d2ee182 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ 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)]:: +--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|<umask>)]:: Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This allows users belonging to the same group to push into that
@@ -110,13 +110,15 @@ the repository permissions. Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users. -'0xxx':: +'<umask>':: -'0xxx' is an octal number and each file will have mode '0xxx'. '0xxx' will -override users' umask(2) value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and -'all' does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but not -group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo that is -readable and writable to the current user and group, but inaccessible to others. +'<umask>' is an 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file +will have mode '<umask>'. '<umask>' will override users' umask(2) +value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and 'all' +does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but +not group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo +that is readable and writable to the current user and group, but +inaccessible to others. -- By default, the configuration flag `receive.denyNonFastForwards` is enabled
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