reword init documentation for consistency

Reword the paragraph to match the voice and point of view of the rest of
the section. Use the term general termn "plugin" rather than "provider"
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James Bardin 2017-08-07 17:28:11 -04:00
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@ -135,12 +135,11 @@ the desired providers into a local directory and using the additional option
is consulted, which prevents Terraform from making requests to the plugin
repository or looking for plugins in other local directories.
In case you only want to override specific providers and have Terraform
download all other providers from the plugin repository, you can place those
specific provider plugins in a `terraform.d/plugins/os_arch/` directory inside
the working directory (e.g. `terraform.d/plugins/darwin_amd64/` on Mac OS X).
Upon `init` Terraform will then use all providers found in this directory and
download all missing providers from the plugin repository.
Custom plugins can be used along with automatically installed plugins by
placing them in `terraform.d/plugins/OS_ARCH/` inside the directory being
initialized. Plugins found here will take precedence if they meet the required
constraints in the configuration. The `init` command will continue to
automatically download other plugins as needed.
When plugins are automatically downloaded and installed, by default the
contents are verified against an official HashiCorp release signature to