summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/git-status.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-05-26 13:24:45 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-05-26 13:24:46 -0700
commit38ccaf93bbf5a99dbff908068292ffaa5bafe25e (patch)
treecd1b379e0ebd26c6b5576e023c67338c41462d4e /Documentation/git-status.txt
parenta26d48a46e8d7df58e7a91e7aac6795e29ddbd6d (diff)
parentaeb6f8b3a2bbfd8b48a967139fbf4581e5345182 (diff)
downloadgit-38ccaf93bbf5a99dbff908068292ffaa5bafe25e.tar.gz
Merge branch 'nd/untracked-cache'
Teach the index to optionally remember already seen untracked files to speed up "git status" in a working tree with tons of cruft. * nd/untracked-cache: (24 commits) git-status.txt: advertisement for untracked cache untracked cache: guard and disable on system changes mingw32: add uname() t7063: tests for untracked cache update-index: test the system before enabling untracked cache update-index: manually enable or disable untracked cache status: enable untracked cache untracked-cache: temporarily disable with $GIT_DISABLE_UNTRACKED_CACHE untracked cache: mark index dirty if untracked cache is updated untracked cache: print stats with $GIT_TRACE_UNTRACKED_STATS untracked cache: avoid racy timestamps read-cache.c: split racy stat test to a separate function untracked cache: invalidate at index addition or removal untracked cache: load from UNTR index extension untracked cache: save to an index extension ewah: add convenient wrapper ewah_serialize_strbuf() untracked cache: don't open non-existent .gitignore untracked cache: mark what dirs should be recursed/saved untracked cache: record/validate dir mtime and reuse cached output untracked cache: make a wrapper around {open,read,close}dir() ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-status.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 5221f950ce..335f312335 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ When `-u` option is not used, untracked files and directories are
shown (i.e. the same as specifying `normal`), to help you avoid
forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work
to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some
-time in a large working tree. You can use `no` to have `git status`
+time in a large working tree.
+Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see
+`git update-index --untracked-cache` and `git update-index
+--split-index`), Otherwise you can use `no` to have `git status`
return more quickly without showing untracked files.
+
The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles