[PATCH] Describe core.symlinks in the man pages.
---
Documentation/config.txt | 7 +++++++
Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 9fec769..08d13ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ core.fileMode::
the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
+core.symlinks::
+ If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
+ contain the link text. gitlink:git-update-index[1] and
+ gitlink:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
+ file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
+ symbolic links. True by default.
+
core.gitProxy::
A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index b161c8b..cd5e014 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ in the index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on
executable bit. On such an unfortunate filesystem, you may
need to use `git-update-index --chmod=`.
+Quite similarly, if `core.symlinks` configuration variable is set
+to 'false' (see gitlink:git-config[1]), symbolic links are checked out
+as plain files, and this command does not modify a recorded file mode
+from symbolic link to regular file.
+
The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. See
'Using "assume unchanged" bit' section above.
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1.5.0.19.gddff
Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>