refs: retry acquiring reference locks for 100ms

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

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index d5c9c4cab60531d178d5c11d623a5c3f1036a0d0..2c04b9dfb4d43e6ade316d05d93a284b02bfa65f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -776,6 +776,12 @@ core.commentChar::
 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
 
+core.filesRefLockTimeout::
+       The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
+       lock an individual reference. Value 0 means not to retry at
+       all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e.,
+       retry for 100ms).
+
 core.packedRefsTimeout::
        The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
        lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at