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| author |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-05-02 22:04:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-05-02 22:04:34 -0700 |
| commit | fd9088a8c74a2d508ff50f53afbca93826603b30 (patch) | |
| tree | b8211a4c19ec1659f52612cac6cb6881ca9c41d2 /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'jc/grep' into next (diff) | |
| parent | core.prefersymlinkrefs: use symlinks for .git/HEAD (diff) | |
| download | tgif-fd9088a8c74a2d508ff50f53afbca93826603b30.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jc/symref' into next
* jc/symref:
core.prefersymlinkrefs: use symlinks for .git/HEAD
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index b27b0d5c06..d1a4bec0d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ core.ignoreStat:: slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. False by default. -core.onlyUseSymrefs:: - Always use the "symref" format instead of symbolic links for HEAD - and other symbolic reference files. True by default. +core.preferSymlinkRefs:: + Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD + and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links. + This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that + expect HEAD to be a symbolic link. core.repositoryFormatVersion:: Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout |