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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-05-22 12:41:55 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-05-22 12:41:55 -0700
commitfb257bfa174b00e236ac5d6f4282a487f10a9e98 (patch)
tree616da2c04e2140fe22bd4cfaf7f3b9b764d769c3 /Documentation/config.txt
parentMerge branch 'jk/add-e-kill-editor' (diff)
parentlock_packed_refs(): allow retries when acquiring the packed-refs lock (diff)
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Merge branch 'mh/lockfile-retry'
Instead of dying immediately upon failing to obtain a lock, retry after a short while with backoff. * mh/lockfile-retry: lock_packed_refs(): allow retries when acquiring the packed-refs lock lockfile: allow file locking to be retried with a timeout
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@@ -624,6 +624,12 @@ core.commentChar::
If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
+core.packedRefsTimeout::
+ The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
+ lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
+ all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
+ retry for 1 second).
+
sequence.editor::
Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.