From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:06:59 +0000 (-0700) Subject: environ: GIT_INDEX_VERSION affects not just a new repository X-Git-Tag: v2.39.0-rc0~127^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=819fb682225e096096b05c4a3aff16ebcabfcfd4;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git environ: GIT_INDEX_VERSION affects not just a new repository The variable is consulted whenever we write the index file. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index e173c47f38..c0b8b627b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ Git so take care if using a foreign front-end. is used. `GIT_INDEX_VERSION`:: - This environment variable allows the specification of an index - version for new repositories. It won't affect existing index + This environment variable specifies what index version is used + when writing the index file out. It won't affect existing index files. By default index file version 2 or 3 is used. See linkgit:git-update-index[1] for more information.