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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index f0cafa2290..2535a30194 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config to avoid ambiguity with `<name>` containing one. + This is useful for cases where you want to pass transitory -configuration options to git, but are doing so on OS's where -other processes might be able to read your cmdline -(e.g. `/proc/self/cmdline`), but not your environ +configuration options to git, but are doing so on operating systems +where other processes might be able to read your command line +(e.g. `/proc/self/cmdline`), but not your environment (e.g. `/proc/self/environ`). That behavior is the default on Linux, but may not be on your system. + @@ -553,8 +553,8 @@ double-quotes and respecting backslash escapes. E.g., the value If this variable is set, the default hash algorithm for new repositories will be set to this value. This value is ignored when cloning and the setting of the remote repository - is always used. The default is "sha1". THIS VARIABLE IS - EXPERIMENTAL! See `--object-format` in linkgit:git-init[1]. + is always used. The default is "sha1". + See `--object-format` in linkgit:git-init[1]. Git Commits ~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -911,6 +911,16 @@ for full details. should not normally need to set this to `0`, but it may be useful when trying to salvage data from a corrupted repository. +`GIT_COMMIT_GRAPH_PARANOIA`:: + When loading a commit object from the commit-graph, Git performs an + existence check on the object in the object database. This is done to + avoid issues with stale commit-graphs that contain references to + already-deleted commits, but comes with a performance penalty. ++ +The default is "true", which enables the aforementioned behavior. +Setting this to "false" disables the existence check. This can lead to +a performance improvement at the cost of consistency. + `GIT_ALLOW_PROTOCOL`:: If set to a colon-separated list of protocols, behave as if `protocol.allow` is set to `never`, and each of the listed |