config: add core.untrackedCache

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 2d06b11f25e66779e84d9762c825a5d9c0a39ee0..e3c8cfe93c830eeb871fb30cf7b7abc56d8d9510 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -308,6 +308,15 @@ core.trustctime::
        crawlers and some backup systems).
        See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
 
+core.untrackedCache::
+       Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
+       index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
+       `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
+       it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
+       setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
+       properly on your system.
+       See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
+
 core.checkStat::
        Determines which stat fields to match between the index
        and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or