doc: git-init: clarify file modes in octal.
The previous explanation was mixing the format with the identity of the field. Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ repository. If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently
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`master`, but this is subject to change in the future; the name can be
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customized via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable).
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---shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::
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+--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|<umask>)]::
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Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This
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allows users belonging to the same group to push into that
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Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users.
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-'0xxx'::
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+'<umask>'::
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-'0xxx' is an octal number and each file will have mode '0xxx'. '0xxx' will
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-override users' umask(2) value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and
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-'all' does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but not
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-group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo that is
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-readable and writable to the current user and group, but inaccessible to others.
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+'<umask>' is a 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file
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+will have mode '<umask>'. '<umask>' will override users' umask(2)
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+value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and 'all'
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+does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but
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+not group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo
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+that is readable and writable to the current user and group, but
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+inaccessible to others.
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By default, the configuration flag `receive.denyNonFastForwards` is enabled