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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 5 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index d2b4a05ca5..b809772b86 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ 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 b161c8b32b..cd5e014d48 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. |