It's more or less standard that synopsis is followed by description, then options. This is not just a clean move though: - The paragraphs are realigned a bit - The text mentioning git-init-db is dropped. init-db is deprecated, no need to confuse new users Signed-off-by: Nguyán ThÃi Ngác Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-init.txt | 46 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 5931925..0a4a20e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -11,6 +11,26 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +This command creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` +directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, +`refs/tags`, and template files. An initial `HEAD` file that +references the HEAD of the master branch is also created. + +If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path +to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. + +If the object storage directory is specified via the +`$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` environment variable then the sha1 directories +are created underneath - otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` +directory is used. + +Running 'git init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not +overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for +rerunning 'git init' is to pick up newly added templates. + OPTIONS ------- @@ -74,32 +94,6 @@ line, the command is run inside the directory (possibly after creating it). -- -DESCRIPTION ------------ -This command creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory -with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, and -template files. -An initial `HEAD` file that references the HEAD of the master branch -is also created. - -If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path -to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. - -If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` -environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath - -otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used. - -Running 'git init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite -things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning 'git init' -is to pick up newly added templates. - -Note that 'git init' is the same as 'git init-db'. The command -was primarily meant to initialize the object database, but over -time it has become responsible for setting up the other aspects -of the repository, such as installing the default hooks and -setting the configuration variables. The old name is retained -for backward compatibility reasons. - TEMPLATE DIRECTORY ------------------ -- 1.7.4.74.g639db -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html