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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 0847cdcc68..4307d62bd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +43,15 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.8.1.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.1.4] +* link:v1.8.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.2] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.8.2.txt[1.8.2]. + +* link:v1.8.1.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.1.5] + +* release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.8.1.5.txt[1.8.1.5], link:RelNotes/1.8.1.4.txt[1.8.1.4], link:RelNotes/1.8.1.3.txt[1.8.1.3], link:RelNotes/1.8.1.2.txt[1.8.1.2], @@ -678,12 +684,19 @@ Git so take care if using Cogito etc. The '--namespace' command-line option also sets this value. 'GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES':: - This should be a colon-separated list of absolute paths. - If set, it is a list of directories that Git should not chdir - up into while looking for a repository directory. - It will not exclude the current working directory or - a GIT_DIR set on the command line or in the environment. - (Useful for excluding slow-loading network directories.) + This should be a colon-separated list of absolute paths. If + set, it is a list of directories that Git should not chdir up + into while looking for a repository directory (useful for + excluding slow-loading network directories). It will not + exclude the current working directory or a GIT_DIR set on the + command line or in the environment. Normally, Git has to read + the entries in this list and resolve any symlink that + might be present in order to compare them with the current + directory. However, if even this access is slow, you + can add an empty entry to the list to tell Git that the + subsequent entries are not symlinks and needn't be resolved; + e.g., + 'GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=/maybe/symlink::/very/slow/non/symlink'. 'GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM':: When run in a directory that does not have ".git" repository @@ -761,9 +774,12 @@ other If this environment variable is set then 'git fetch' and 'git push' will use this command instead of 'ssh' when they need to connect to a remote system. - The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two arguments: - the 'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the - shell command to execute on that remote system. + The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two or + four arguments: the 'username@host' (or just 'host') + from the URL and the shell command to execute on that + remote system, optionally preceded by '-p' (literally) and + the 'port' from the URL when it specifies something other + than the default SSH port. + To pass options to the program that you want to list in GIT_SSH you will need to wrap the program and options into a shell script, |