Documentation/git.txt: clarify that GIT_TRACE=/path appends

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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index dba7f0c18e33e7e26ca100992236e39b3d5b8a91..74a9d7edb45815a55fcc1e5c13cd78141b1d4190 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -599,8 +599,8 @@ trace messages into this file descriptor.
 +
 Alternatively, if the variable is set to an absolute path
 (starting with a '/' character), Git will interpret this
-as a file path and will try to write the trace messages
-into it.
+as a file path and will try to append the trace messages
+to it.
 +
 Unsetting the variable, or setting it to empty, "0" or
 "false" (case insensitive) disables trace messages.