Merge branch 'jn/gitweb'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index e1fd6884f066c3f501394173d27df26717b9be85..07484a4fd065b639bbf33832cbf642eb8399757e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ git-init(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-init - Creates an empty git repository
+git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-init' [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
+'git-init' [-q | --quiet] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
 
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --
 
+-q, \--quiet::
+
+Only print error and warning messages, all other output will be suppressed.
+
 --template=<template_directory>::
 
 Provide the directory from which templates will be used.  The default template
@@ -79,9 +83,7 @@ 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
 setting the configuration variables.  The old name is retained
-because people are so used to it and many existing documents
-refer to it that way, and this will not change for some time to
-come.
+for backward compatibility reasons.
 
 
 EXAMPLES
@@ -110,4 +112,3 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-