X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-tar-tree.txt;h=434607bfb5d105cb2e1a9ce0bdf5a3261ec64e78;hb=08e1812db1585c450bfe7f41e7106222346c88da;hp=7bde73b1b85df03893fa15b99b17c5aff09ae574;hpb=99ebd06c18fdb7f8274db6cca456a95942916bb6;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt index 7bde73b1b..434607bfb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt @@ -42,16 +42,13 @@ OPTIONS CONFIGURATION ------------- -By default, file and directories modes are set to 0666 or 0777. It is -possible to change this by setting the "umask" variable in the -repository configuration as follows : -[tar] - umask = 002 ;# group friendly - -The special umask value "user" indicates that the user's current umask -will be used instead. The default value is 002, which means group -readable/writable files and directories. +tar.umask:: + 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) for + details. EXAMPLES -------- @@ -90,4 +87,3 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list