From: Linus Arver Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 18:06:54 GMT Subject: [PATCH 4/7] Documentation: git-init: --separate-git-dir: clarify Message-ID: <1407002817-29221-5-git-send-email-linusarver@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1407002817-29221-1-git-send-email-linusarver@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Arver --- 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=:: -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)]:: -- 2.0.3