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@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here:
* link:v1.8.2.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.2.3]
* release notes for
- link:RelNotes/1.8.2.3.txt[1.8.2.3].
- link:RelNotes/1.8.2.2.txt[1.8.2.2].
- link:RelNotes/1.8.2.1.txt[1.8.2.1].
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.2.3.txt[1.8.2.3],
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.2.2.txt[1.8.2.2],
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.2.1.txt[1.8.2.1],
link:RelNotes/1.8.2.txt[1.8.2].
* link:v1.8.1.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.1.6]
@@ -684,9 +684,7 @@ Git so take care if using Cogito etc.
The '--git-dir' command-line option also sets this value.
'GIT_WORK_TREE'::
- Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
- used in combination with repositories found automatically in
- a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
+ Set the path to the root of the working tree.
This can also be controlled by the '--work-tree' command line
option and the core.worktree configuration variable.
@@ -818,8 +816,9 @@ for further details.
'GIT_FLUSH'::
If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such
as 'git blame' (in incremental mode), 'git rev-list', 'git log',
- and 'git whatchanged' will force a flush of the output stream
- after each commit-oriented record have been flushed. If this
+ 'git check-attr', 'git check-ignore', and 'git whatchanged' will
+ force a flush of the output stream after each record have been
+ flushed. If this
variable is set to "0", the output of these commands will be done
using completely buffered I/O. If this environment variable is
not set, Git will choose buffered or record-oriented flushing
@@ -839,6 +838,19 @@ for further details.
as a file path and will try to write the trace messages
into it.
+'GIT_TRACE_PACK_ACCESS'::
+ If this variable is set to a path, a file will be created at
+ the given path logging all accesses to any packs. For each
+ access, the pack file name and an offset in the pack is
+ recorded. This may be helpful for troubleshooting some
+ pack-related performance problems.
+
+'GIT_TRACE_PACKET'::
+ If this variable is set, it shows a trace of all packets
+ coming in or out of a given program. This can help with
+ debugging object negotiation or other protocol issues. Tracing
+ is turned off at a packet starting with "PACK".
+
GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS::
Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all
pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. For example,