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| author | Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> | 2014-07-12 00:00:53 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-07-14 04:25:18 (GMT) |
| commit | eb9250dfd5fbd7c9f95d0d3134006cd19a0c9099 (patch) | |
| tree | 3c6ed54cc834567ad9497893b163b9a79c433046 /Documentation/git.txt | |
| parent | 6aa3085702cc7a436c12f4c4396958281df1da44 (diff) | |
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Documentation/git.txt: improve documentation of 'GIT_TRACE*' variables
Separate GIT_TRACE description into what it prints and how to configure
where trace output is printed to. Change other GIT_TRACE_* descriptions to
refer to GIT_TRACE.
Add descriptions for GIT_TRACE_SETUP and GIT_TRACE_SHALLOW.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 50 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 3bd68b0..75633e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -904,18 +904,25 @@ for further details. based on whether stdout appears to be redirected to a file or not. 'GIT_TRACE':: - If this variable is set to "1", "2" or "true" (comparison - is case insensitive), Git will print `trace:` messages on - stderr telling about alias expansion, built-in command - execution and external command execution. - If this variable is set to an integer value greater than 1 - and lower than 10 (strictly) then Git will interpret this - value as an open file descriptor and will try to write the - trace messages into this file descriptor. - Alternatively, if this 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. + Enables general trace messages, e.g. alias expansion, built-in + command execution and external command execution. ++ +If this variable is set to "1", "2" or "true" (comparison +is case insensitive), trace messages will be printed to +stderr. ++ +If the variable is set to an integer value greater than 2 +and lower than 10 (strictly) then Git will interpret this +value as an open file descriptor and will try to write the +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. ++ +Unsetting the variable, or setting it to empty, "0" or +"false" (case insensitive) disables trace messages. 'GIT_TRACE_PACK_ACCESS':: If this variable is set to a path, a file will be created at @@ -925,10 +932,21 @@ for further details. pack-related performance problems. 'GIT_TRACE_PACKET':: - If this variable is set, it shows a trace of all packets - coming in or out of a given program. This can help with - debugging object negotiation or other protocol issues. Tracing - is turned off at a packet starting with "PACK". + Enables trace messages for all packets coming in or out of a + given program. This can help with debugging object negotiation + or other protocol issues. Tracing is turned off at a packet + starting with "PACK". + See 'GIT_TRACE' for available trace output options. + +'GIT_TRACE_SETUP':: + Enables trace messages printing the .git, working tree and current + working directory after Git has completed its setup phase. + See 'GIT_TRACE' for available trace output options. + +'GIT_TRACE_SHALLOW':: + Enables trace messages that can help debugging fetching / + cloning of shallow repositories. + See 'GIT_TRACE' for available trace output options. GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS:: Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all |