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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 9d0b1515c5..77a912d4ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ OPTIONS When these flags are specified, the object names recorded for the paths are not updated. Instead, these options set and unset the "assume unchanged" bit for the - paths. When the "assume unchanged" bit is on, git stops + paths. When the "assume unchanged" bit is on, Git stops checking the working tree files for possible modifications, so you need to manually unset the bit to - tell git when you change the working tree file. This is + tell Git when you change the working tree file. This is sometimes helpful when working with a big project on a filesystem that has very slow lstat(2) system call (e.g. cifs). @@ -253,18 +253,18 @@ $ git ls-files -s Using ``assume unchanged'' bit ------------------------------ -Many operations in git depend on your filesystem to have an +Many operations in Git depend on your filesystem to have an efficient `lstat(2)` implementation, so that `st_mtime` information for working tree files can be cheaply checked to see if the file contents have changed from the version recorded in the index file. Unfortunately, some filesystems have inefficient `lstat(2)`. If your filesystem is one of them, you can set "assume unchanged" bit to paths you have not changed to -cause git not to do this check. Note that setting this bit on a -path does not mean git will check the contents of the file to -see if it has changed -- it makes git to omit any checking and +cause Git not to do this check. Note that setting this bit on a +path does not mean Git will check the contents of the file to +see if it has changed -- it makes Git to omit any checking and assume it has *not* changed. When you make changes to working -tree files, you have to explicitly tell git about it by dropping +tree files, you have to explicitly tell Git about it by dropping "assume unchanged" bit, either before or after you modify them. In order to set "assume unchanged" bit, use `--assume-unchanged` @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ have the "assume unchanged" bit set, use `git ls-files -v` The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. When this is true, paths updated with `git update-index paths...` and -paths updated with other git commands that update both index and +paths updated with other Git commands that update both index and working tree (e.g. 'git apply --index', 'git checkout-index -u', and 'git read-tree -u') are automatically marked as "assume unchanged". Note that "assume unchanged" bit is *not* set if |