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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 3a32572847..f9b09db89b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -537,7 +537,6 @@ other The command-line parameters passed to the configured command are determined by the ssh variant. See `ssh.variant` option in linkgit:git-config[1] for details. - + `$GIT_SSH_COMMAND` takes precedence over `$GIT_SSH`, and is interpreted by the shell, which allows additional arguments to be included. @@ -662,6 +661,54 @@ of clones and fetches. When a curl trace is enabled (see `GIT_TRACE_CURL` above), do not dump data (that is, only dump info lines and headers). +`GIT_TRACE2`:: + Enables more detailed trace messages from the "trace2" library. + Output from `GIT_TRACE2` is a simple text-based format for human + readability. ++ +If this variable is set to "1", "2" or "true" (comparison +is case insensitive), trace messages will be printed to +stderr. ++ +If the variable is set to an integer value greater than 2 +and lower than 10 (strictly) then Git will interpret this +value as an open file descriptor and will try to write the +trace messages into this file descriptor. ++ +Alternatively, if the variable is set to an absolute path +(starting with a '/' character), Git will interpret this +as a file path and will try to append the trace messages +to it. If the path already exists and is a directory, the +trace messages will be written to files (one per process) +in that directory, named according to the last component +of the SID and an optional counter (to avoid filename +collisions). ++ +In addition, if the variable is set to +`af_unix:[<socket_type>:]<absolute-pathname>`, Git will try +to open the path as a Unix Domain Socket. The socket type +can be either `stream` or `dgram`. ++ +Unsetting the variable, or setting it to empty, "0" or +"false" (case insensitive) disables trace messages. ++ +See link:technical/api-trace2.html[Trace2 documentation] +for full details. + + +`GIT_TRACE2_EVENT`:: + This setting writes a JSON-based format that is suited for machine + interpretation. + See `GIT_TRACE2` for available trace output options and + link:technical/api-trace2.html[Trace2 documentation] for full details. + +`GIT_TRACE2_PERF`:: + In addition to the text-based messages available in `GIT_TRACE2`, this + setting writes a column-based format for understanding nesting + regions. + See `GIT_TRACE2` for available trace output options and + link:technical/api-trace2.html[Trace2 documentation] for full details. + `GIT_REDACT_COOKIES`:: This can be set to a comma-separated list of strings. When a curl trace is enabled (see `GIT_TRACE_CURL` above), whenever a "Cookies:" header |