Documentation: git-init: flesh out example

listx · gitster · commit 64de2e10a0ac · 2014-08-08T13:17:42.000-07:00
Add a third step `git commit` after adding files for the first time.

Signed-off-by: Linus Arver &lt;linusarver@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -141,10 +141,12 @@ Start a new Git repository for an existing code base::
 $ cd /path/to/my/codebase
 $ git init      <1>
 $ git add .     <2>
+$ git commit    <3>
 ----------------
 +
 <1> Create a /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory.
 <2> Add all existing files to the index.
+<3> Record the pristine state as the first commit in the history.
 
 GIT
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