Update README re: git acls

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@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ svnserve.conf set a global authz.conf file, using the standard hooks and
 activating svnperms.conf for branch-based commit control.  These are suggestions
 outside the scope of the repo_shell program itself.
 
-Access controls for git are envisioned to be incorporated into repo_shell.  They
-aren't at this time, and any developer has read-write access to any git
-repository.
+Access controls for git repositories uses a feature built-into repo_shell.
+The /etc/repo_shell.cfg file lists a core parameter git_acl_file, which
+should be set to the name of the git acl file.  A recommended name is
+/var/lib/git/.gitacls, with permissions 0400.  See git_acl.cfg.example for
+information on the format of this file, which is similar in concept, but
+different, than subversion's authz.conf file format.