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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-03-04 17:31:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-03-04 17:31:09 -0800 |
| commit | e6f95113431f7e69263bc3d075c0a7715ce587e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 810569356f64b58df52560fcce0d3cfb561014ab /Documentation/git-update-index.txt | |
| parent | 784b11cd05e7862b0fbcc1251a65669c7004a8df (diff) | |
| parent | a249a9b5a26e841a28f6e993a560d749303cf91c (diff) | |
| download | git-e6f95113431f7e69263bc3d075c0a7715ce587e3.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'js/symlink'
* js/symlink:
Tell multi-parent diff about core.symlinks.
Handle core.symlinks=false case in merge-recursive.
Add core.symlinks to mark filesystems that do not support symbolic links.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-update-index.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index b161c8b32b..cd5e014d48 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ in the index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on executable bit. On such an unfortunate filesystem, you may need to use `git-update-index --chmod=`. +Quite similarly, if `core.symlinks` configuration variable is set +to 'false' (see gitlink:git-config[1]), symbolic links are checked out +as plain files, and this command does not modify a recorded file mode +from symbolic link to regular file. + The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. See 'Using "assume unchanged" bit' section above. |