Re: [PATCH] git.txt: list index versions in plain English

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 24, 2015, 15:06 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqd23y8mfd.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1427156913-4491-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

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> 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 <pclouds@gmail.com>
> ---

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