From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:48:09 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Merge branch 'gp/document-dotfiles-in-templates-are-not-copied' X-Git-Tag: v2.12.0~4 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/eccf97c386ea970cc1fa6e6387f4786d05ecd76e?hp=c0588fd61aa6da96824eec60719c505b66239dd6 Merge branch 'gp/document-dotfiles-in-templates-are-not-copied' Doc update. * gp/document-dotfiles-in-templates-are-not-copied: init: document dotfiles exclusion on template copy --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 9d27197de8..3c5a67fb96 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ does not exist, it will be created. TEMPLATE DIRECTORY ------------------ -The template directory contains files and directories that will be copied to -the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created. +Files and directories in the template directory whose name do not start with a +dot will be copied to the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created. The template directory will be one of the following (in order):