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[v3,09/10] doc: git-init: clarify file modes in octal.

Message ID 20211106184858.11500-10-jn.avila@free.fr (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series doc: fix grammar rules in commands' syntax | expand

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Jean-Noël Avila Nov. 6, 2021, 6:48 p.m. UTC 
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>
---
 Documentation/git-init.txt | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Comments

Johannes Altmanninger Nov. 7, 2021, 1:20 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Sat, Nov 06, 2021 at 07:48:57PM +0100, Jean-Noël Avila wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
> -'0xxx' is an octal number and each file will have mode '0xxx'. '0xxx' will
> +'<umask>' is an 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file

"an 3-digit" should be "a 3-digit"
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index fdb7b3f367..af0d2ee182 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|<umask>)]::
 
 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'::
+'<umask>'::
 
-'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.
+'<umask>' is an 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file
+will have mode '<umask>'. '<umask>' 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