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* po/doc-core-ignorestat:
  doc: core.ignoreStat update, and clarify the --assume-unchanged effect
  doc: core.ignoreStat clarify the --assume-unchanged effect
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Junio C Hamano 2015-01-14 12:41:38 -08:00
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@ -375,14 +375,19 @@ This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
core.ignoreStat::
If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
working tree, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
False by default.
If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
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When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
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This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
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False by default.
core.preferSymlinkRefs::
Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD