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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 7dd5e03280..483a1f3547 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ example the following invocations are equivalent: Note that omitting the `=` in `git -c foo.bar ...` is allowed and sets `foo.bar` to the boolean true value (just like `[foo]bar` would in a config file). Including the equals but with an empty value (like `git -c -foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string. +foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config +--bool` will convert to `false`. --exec-path[=<path>]:: Path to wherever your core Git programs are installed. @@ -158,6 +159,10 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string. Add "icase" magic to all pathspec. This is equivalent to setting the `GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS` environment variable to `1`. +--no-optional-locks:: + Do not perform optional operations that require locks. This is + equivalent to setting the `GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS` to `0`. + GIT COMMANDS ------------ @@ -590,6 +595,10 @@ into it. Unsetting the variable, or setting it to empty, "0" or "false" (case insensitive) disables trace messages. +`GIT_TRACE_FSMONITOR`:: + Enables trace messages for the filesystem monitor extension. + See `GIT_TRACE` for available trace output options. + `GIT_TRACE_PACK_ACCESS`:: Enables trace messages for all accesses to any packs. For each access, the pack file name and an offset in the pack is @@ -696,6 +705,32 @@ of clones and fetches. which feed potentially-untrusted URLS to git commands. See linkgit:git-config[1] for more details. +`GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS`:: + If set to `0`, Git will complete any requested operation without + performing any optional sub-operations that require taking a lock. + For example, this will prevent `git status` from refreshing the + index as a side effect. This is useful for processes running in + 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]] ------------------------ |