From: Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 16:22:04 GMT Subject: [PATCH v2 9/9] doc: git-init: clarify file modes in octal. Message-ID: <7eef3538f3c3015c4f446961ddca78e2868fe644.1635438124.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: =?UTF-8?q?Jean-No=C3=ABl=20Avila?= The previous explanation was mixing the format with the identity of the field. Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila --- 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 fdb7b3f367d..af0d2ee1825 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|)]:: 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':: +'':: -'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. +'' is an 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file +will have mode ''. '' 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 -- gitgitgadget