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[PATCH] Documentation: update tar.umask default

From
René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date
Aug 21, 2007, 18:01 UTC
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<46CB286C.8000403@lsrfire.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To
<20070820174142.GA7943@glandium.org>

As noted by Mike Hommey, the documentation for the config setting tar.umask is not up-to-date. Commit f08b3b0e2e9ad87767d80ff03b013c686e08ba4b changed the default from 0 to 2; this patch finally documents it.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index 4da07c1..9984a11 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ in the repository configuration as follows :
         umask = 002	;# group friendly
 
 The special umask value "user" indicates that the user's current umask
-will be used instead. The default value remains 0, which means world
-readable/writable files and directories.
+will be used instead.  The default is 002, which allows reading for all
+and writing for both owner and group.
 
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  5. David KastrupAug 20, 2007
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  8. René ScharfeAug 21, 2007
  9. Documentation: update tar.umask defaultRené Scharfe, Aug 21, 2007
  10. Mike HommeyAug 21, 2007
  11. René ScharfeAug 22, 2007
  12. Alex RiesenAug 20, 2007
  13. Benoit SIGOUREAug 22, 2007
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  36. Shawn O. PearceAug 21, 2007
  37. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2007
  38. Mike HommeyAug 21, 2007
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