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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 7a1d629ca0..463b0eb0f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -709,6 +709,24 @@ of clones and fetches. the background which do not want to cause lock contention with other operations on the repository. Defaults to `1`. +`GIT_REDIRECT_STDIN`:: +`GIT_REDIRECT_STDOUT`:: +`GIT_REDIRECT_STDERR`:: + Windows-only: allow redirecting the standard input/output/error + handles to paths specified by the environment variables. This is + particularly useful in multi-threaded applications where the + canonical way to pass standard handles via `CreateProcess()` is + not an option because it would require the handles to be marked + inheritable (and consequently *every* spawned process would + inherit them, possibly blocking regular Git operations). The + primary intended use case is to use named pipes for communication + (e.g. `\\.\pipe\my-git-stdin-123`). ++ +Two special values are supported: `off` will simply close the +corresponding standard handle, and if `GIT_REDIRECT_STDERR` is +`2>&1`, standard error will be redirected to the same handle as +standard output. + Discussion[[Discussion]] ------------------------ |