core.prefersymlinkrefs: use symlinks for .git/HEAD

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

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index b27b0d5c068f5e60faaf684397c605a188a241ac..d1a4bec0d472231abdf026cc0743effa3ae72b27 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ core.ignoreStat::
        slow, such as Microsoft Windows.  See gitlink:git-update-index[1].
        False by default.
 
-core.onlyUseSymrefs::
-       Always use the "symref" format instead of symbolic links for HEAD
-       and other symbolic reference files. True by default.
+core.preferSymlinkRefs::
+       Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
+       and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
+       This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
+       expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
 
 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
        Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout