Documentation: update tar.umask default

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
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--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -675,15 +675,11 @@ showbranch.default::
        See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
 
 tar.umask::
-       By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
-       to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
-       such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
-       With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
-       gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
-       The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
-       be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
-       the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
-       value remains 0, which means world read-write.
+       This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
+       tar archive entries.  The default is 0002, which turns off the
+       world write bit.  The special value "user" indicates that the
+       archiving user's umask will be used instead.  See umask(2) and
+       gitlink:git-archive[1].
 
 user.email::
        Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.