Re: [PATCH] git.txt: list index versions in plain English
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:04:16
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy [off-list ref] writes:
At the first look, a user may think the default version is "23". Even with UNIX background, there's no reference anywhere close that may indicate this is glob or regex. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <redacted> ---
Thanks.
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Documentation/git.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index b37f1ab..29d9257 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt@@ -766,7 +766,8 @@ Git so take care if using Cogito etc. 'GIT_INDEX_VERSION':: This environment variable allows the specification of an index version for new repositories. It won't affect existing index - files. By default index file version [23] is used. + files. By default index file version 2 or 3 is used. See + linkgit:git-update-index[1] for more information. 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY':: If the object storage directory is specified via this