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authorClemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at>2011-02-21 21:05:25 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-02-21 21:48:55 -0800
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Documentation: clarify -u<mode> option defaults
Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -214,10 +214,11 @@ FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].)
-u[<mode>]::
--untracked-files[=<mode>]::
- Show untracked files (Default: 'all').
+ Show untracked files.
+
-The mode parameter is optional, and is used to specify
-the handling of untracked files.
+The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to
+specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the
+default is 'normal', i.e. show untracked files and directories.
+
The possible options are:
+
@@ -225,9 +226,8 @@ The possible options are:
- 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
- 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
+
-See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable
-used to change the default for when the option is not
-specified.
+The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
+configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
-v::
--verbose::