[PATCH] Document dotfiles exclusion on template copy

[PATCH] Document dotfiles exclusion on template copy

[Grégoire Paris]

Since there is no dotfile in the default template directory, there was
no point in making the check for . or .. more accurate when copying. Now
that you can customize the template directory, it would make sense, but
it's actually a good thing to at this because you would not want to have
your git directory copied in every git directory that is created should
you decide to put your template directory under version control. Plus, it
might be used as a feature by people who would want to exclude some
files.

Signed-off-by: Grégoire Paris <postmaster@greg0ire.fr>
---
I hope I'm getting it right, this is my first time using format-patch and
send-email…
 Documentation/git-init.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 9d27197..7605742 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 `$GIT_DIR` after it is created.
+The template directory contains files and directories whose name do not start
+with a dot will be copied to the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created.
 
 The template directory will be one of the following (in order):
 
-- 
2.9.3

Re: [PATCH] Document dotfiles exclusion on template copy

[Grégoire PARIS]

>   
> -The template directory contains files and directories that will be copied to
> -the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created.
> +The template directory contains files and directories whose name do not start
> +with a dot will be copied to the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created.
>   
>   The template directory will be one of the following (in order):
>   
This sentence does not make any sense, I realize that now.

[PATCH] Document dotfiles exclusion on template copy

[Grégoire Paris]

Since there is no dotfile in the default template directory, there was
no point in making the check for . or .. more accurate when copying. Now
that you can customize the template directory, it would make sense, but
it's actually a good thing to at this because you would not want to have
your git directory copied in every git directory that is created should
you decide to put your template directory under version control. Plus, it
might be used as a feature by people who would want to exclude some
files.

Signed-off-by: Grégoire Paris <postmaster@greg0ire.fr>
---
Here is a better version.
 Documentation/git-init.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 9d27197..3c5a67f 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):
 
-- 
2.9.3

Re: [PATCH] Document dotfiles exclusion on template copy

[Junio C Hamano]

Thanks, will queue.