Documentation: merge: add an overview

[git.git] / Documentation / git-init.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 7151d12f349b7c6e265d5a4631029d71028a2c7d..7ee102da485d0b6490c0b767a20966956bf0bd88 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
+'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
 
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastForwards is enabled
 in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non fast-forwarding push
 into it.
 
+If you name a (possibly non-existent) directory at the end of the command
+line, the command is run inside the directory (possibly after creating it).
+
 --
 
 
@@ -92,11 +95,11 @@ 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'
+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
+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