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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 7dd5e03280..7a1d629ca0 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 ------------ @@ -696,6 +701,14 @@ 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`. + Discussion[[Discussion]] ------------------------ |