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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2022-09-15 09:06:59 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2022-09-16 09:45:22 -0700 |
| commit | 819fb682225e096096b05c4a3aff16ebcabfcfd4 (patch) | |
| tree | a7962f29feb5b37160ad4f15dc54e3dccb6b520e /Documentation/git.txt | |
| parent | b724df6b559d895b035cafa6f7e55216f581f7c1 (diff) | |
| download | git-819fb682225e096096b05c4a3aff16ebcabfcfd4.tar.gz | |
environ: GIT_INDEX_VERSION affects not just a new repository
The variable is consulted whenever we write the index file.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index e173c47f38..c0b8b627b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ Git so take care if using a foreign front-end. is used. `GIT_INDEX_VERSION`:: - This environment variable allows the specification of an index - version for new repositories. It won't affect existing index + This environment variable specifies what index version is used + when writing the index file out. It won't affect existing index files. By default index file version 2 or 3 is used. See linkgit:git-update-index[1] for more information. |