Since there is no dotfile in the default template directory, there was no point in making the check for . or .. more accurate when copying. Now that you can customize the template directory, it would make sense, but it's actually a good thing to at this because you would not want to have your git directory copied in every git directory that is created should you decide to put your template directory under version control. Plus, it might be used as a feature by people who would want to exclude some files.
Signed-off-by: Grégoire Paris <postmas...@greg0ire.fr> --- Here is a better version. Documentation/git-init.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 9d27197..3c5a67f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ does not exist, it will be created. TEMPLATE DIRECTORY ------------------ -The template directory contains files and directories that will be copied to -the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created. +Files and directories in the template directory whose name do not start with a +dot will be copied to the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created. The template directory will be one of the following (in order): -- 2.9.3
