Merge pull request #2398 from bgilbert/statoverride

man: improve statoverride description
ostreedev · Jul 14, 2021 · 4209525 · 4209525
2 parents f216a3c + 5b5d3b1
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diff --git a/man/ostree-commit.xml b/man/ostree-commit.xml
@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
                 <term><option>--statoverride</option>="PATH"</term>
 
                 <listitem><para>
-                    File containing list of modifications to make permissions (file mode, followed by space, followed by file path).
+                    File containing list of modifications to make permissions (file mode in
+                    decimal, followed by space, followed by file path).  The specified mode
+                    is ORed with the file's original mode unless preceded by "=".
                 </para></listitem>
             </varlistentry>