Merge branch 'js/default-branch-name'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index f9467cc6a4c791ac3b445f5b0172144f7a1bac15..ddfe265da5b6524f30d972bfea990bb2a89b5611 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>]
          [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--object-format=<format>]
+         [-b <branch-name> | --initial-branch=<branch-name>]
          [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
 
 
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ repository.
 +
 If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path.
 
+-b <branch-name::
+--initial-branch=<branch-name>::
+
+Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created repository.
+If not specified, fall back to the default name: `master`.
+
 --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::
 
 Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users.  This