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[PATCH] Documentation: declare "core.ignorecase" as internal variable

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Marc Strapetz <marc.strapetz@syntevo.com>
Date
Jun 24, 2018, 10:05 UTC
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<7f6b2a42-334d-9443-7b89-625069931ca7@syntevo.com>

The current description of "core.ignorecase" reads like an option which is intended to be changed by the user while it's actually expected to be set by Git only [1].

[1] https://marc.info/?l=git&m=152972992729761&w=2
Signed-off-by: Marc Strapetz <marc.strapetz@syntevo.com>
---
  Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++--
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ab641bf5a..c25693828 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ core.hideDotFiles::
  	default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.

  core.ignoreCase::
-	If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
+	Internal variable which enables various workarounds to enable
  	Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
  	like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
  	"makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ core.ignoreCase::
  +
  The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
  will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
-is created.
+is created. Modifying this value afterwards may result in unexpected 
behavior.

  core.precomposeUnicode::
  	This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
-- 
2.17.0.rc0.3.gb1b5a51b2
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  6. Documentation: declare "core.ignorecase" as internal variableMarc Strapetz, Jun 26, 2018
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  8. Aaron SchrabJun 27, 2018
  9. Marc StrapetzJun 28, 2018
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  11. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2018
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