Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.3-rc6-9-gaabb2
diff --git a/git-archive.txt b/git-archive.txt index 4da07c1..f2080eb 100644 --- a/git-archive.txt +++ b/git-archive.txt
@@ -72,16 +72,13 @@ CONFIGURATION ------------- -By default, file and directories modes are set to 0666 or 0777 in tar -archives. 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 remains 0, which means world -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 --------
