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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-03-21 15:49:01 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-03-21 15:49:01 -0700 |
commit | 5e7f131ec750093b9c1691ff92db43b0595ea98c (patch) | |
tree | 336c153c1aecfeab7cab7cf3502a7ffe0a6d7d6f /git-status.html | |
parent | 947ab826679af3ad71f1bd69391deca3bc6edad9 (diff) | |
download | git-htmldocs-5e7f131ec750093b9c1691ff92db43b0595ea98c.tar.gz |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.8.2-135-g7b592
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diff --git a/git-status.html b/git-status.html index 7095a5827..605b93a39 100644 --- a/git-status.html +++ b/git-status.html @@ -819,24 +819,29 @@ third are what you <em>could</em> commit by running <em>git add</em> before runn Show untracked files.
</p>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The mode parameter is optional (defaults to <em>all</em>), and is used to
-specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the
-default is <em>normal</em>, i.e. show untracked files and directories.</p></div>
+specify the handling of untracked files.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The possible options are:</p></div>
<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
-<em>no</em> - Show no untracked files
+<em>no</em> - Show no untracked files.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
-<em>normal</em> - Shows untracked files and directories
+<em>normal</em> - Shows untracked files and directories.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<em>all</em> - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
</p>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>When <code>-u</code> option is not used, untracked files and directories are
+shown (i.e. the same as specifying <code>normal</code>), to help you avoid
+forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work
+to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some
+time in a large working tree. You can use <code>no</code> to have <code>git status</code>
+return more quickly without showing untracked files.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
configuration variable documented in <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>.</p></div>
</li>
@@ -1062,7 +1067,7 @@ shown (see --summary-limit option of <a href="git-submodule.html">git-submodule( <div id="footnotes"><hr /></div>
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<div id="footer-text">
-Last updated 2013-02-05 21:07:26 PST
+Last updated 2013-03-21 15:47:21 PDT
</div>
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