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authorJeff King <peff@peff.net>2009-09-05 04:52:18 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-09-05 23:16:38 -0700
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docs: note that status configuration affects only long format
The short format does not respect any of the usual status.* configuration. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
to colorize its output.
If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all
-paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
-directory.
+paths shown in the long format are relative to the repository root, not
+to the current directory.
If `status.submodulesummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
-to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
-summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see --summary-limit
-option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
+to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
+the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
+shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
SEE ALSO
--------