From 9f0bb90d161edf8c43f5261d12bf83f14eb02ff4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 00:40:24 -0700
Subject: core.prefersymlinkrefs: use symlinks for .git/HEAD

When inspecting a project whose build infrastructure used to
assume that .git/HEAD is a symlink ref, core.prefersymlinkrefs
in the config file of such a project would help to bisect its
history.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 Documentation/config.txt | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Documentation/config.txt')

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index b27b0d5c06..d1a4bec0d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ core.ignoreStat::
 	slow, such as Microsoft Windows.  See gitlink:git-update-index[1].
 	False by default.
 
-core.onlyUseSymrefs::
-	Always use the "symref" format instead of symbolic links for HEAD
-	and other symbolic reference files. True by default.
+core.preferSymlinkRefs::
+	Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
+	and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
+	This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
+	expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
 
 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
 	Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
-- 
cgit v1.2.1