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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 9defc33273..8fa1a0a588 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -315,6 +315,14 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc. index file. If not specified, the default of `$GIT_DIR/index` is used. +'_GIT_INDEX_OUTPUT':: + When this environment is defined, plumbing level + commands that update the index writes the resulting + index to this file, instead of `$GIT_INDEX_FILE` (or its + default `$GIT_DIR/index`). This is solely meant to be + used by Porcelain to drive low-level plumbing. Defining + this in user's environment is always an error. + 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY':: If the object storage directory is specified via this environment variable then the sha1 directories are created |