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| author | David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com> | 2005-05-11 01:32:38 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-05-11 02:01:23 +0400 |
| commit | c1bdacf97e3f51ac5c239a16e300e0986a5da53d (patch) | |
| tree | 86dd1a9c76ebf41a4e12c0514b99039052fe5e62 /Documentation/git-init-db.txt | |
| parent | 204ee6a91ba35740d6417cf64bde4d117d40b07d (diff) | |
[PATCH 3/4] split core-git.txt and update
Update git environment variable docs
Update first section of command docs (Manipulation commands section)
Signed-off-by: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index febc8c811d..99f96f7d4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ DESCRIPTION This simply creates an empty git object database - basically a `.git` directory and `.git/object/??/` directories. +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/objects` directory is used. |