Torsten Bögershausen wrote: > [PATCH] git status: Document that git status -uno is faster Yes. I like this patch. > In some repostories users expere that "git status" command takes long time. > The command spends some time searching the file system for untracked files. > Document that searching for untracked file may take some time, and docuemnt > the option -uno better. Please correct the typos in the commit message. > Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/git-status.txt | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt > index 0412c40..fd36bbd 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt > @@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ The possible options are: > The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles > configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. > > ++ > +Note: Searching the file system for untracked files may take some time. > +git status -uno is faster than git status -uall. > +There is a trade-off around the use of -uno between safety and performance. > +The default is not to use -uno so that you will not forget to add a file > you newly created (i.e safety). > +You would pay for the safety with the cost to find such untracked files > (i.e. performance). Good writeup. What -uno does is already documented, so you've explained the trade-off. Why didn't you just wrap the paragraph to 80 columns though? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html