From: Christian Couder Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:22:52 GMT Subject: [RFC/PATCH 6/8] Documentation/git-update-index: talk about core.splitIndex config var Message-ID: <20160711172254.13439-7-chriscool@tuxfamily.org> In-Reply-To: <20160711172254.13439-1-chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Christian Couder --- Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index c6cbed1..2293140 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ may not support it yet. given again, all changes in $GIT_DIR/index are pushed back to the shared index file. This mode is designed for very large indexes that take a significant amount of time to read or write. ++ +These options take effect whatever the value of the `core.splitIndex` +configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). But a warning is +emitted when the change goes against the configured value, as the +configured value will take effect next time the index is read and this +will remove the intended effect of the option. --untracked-cache:: --no-untracked-cache:: -- 2.9.0.250.g7087ccc.dirty