From a1b2e71005b06721f22590cc97cf91720407ac3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrien Delorme Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 13:53:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx Co-authored-by: Sylvia Moss --- website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx b/website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx index f09469529..a804970bd 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/commands/init.mdx @@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ have to [install the plugin manually](/docs/plugins#installing-plugins). The `packer init` command is used to download Packer plugin binaries. This is the first command that should be executed when working with a new or existing template. This command is always safe to run multiple times. Though subsequent -runs may give errors, this command will never delete anything. Packer does not -currently have the notion of a state like Terraform has. In other words, -currently `packer init` is only in charge of installing packer -plugins.Currently, `packer init` can only fetch binaries from public projects on -*Github*. Github's public API, [limits the number of unauthenticated requests +runs may give errors, this command will never delete anything. + +Packer does not currently have the notion of a state like Terraform has. In other words, +currently `packer init` is only in charge of installing packer plugins. + +Currently, `packer init` can only fetch binaries from public projects on *Github*. Github's public API, [limits the number of unauthenticated requests per hour one IP can do](https://docs.github.com/en/developers/apps/rate-limits-for-github-apps#normal-user-to-server-rate-limits). Packer will do its best to avoid hitting those limits and in an average local