The assume-unchanged bit can be misunderstood. Be assertive about the expectation that file changes should update that flag. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/config.txt | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index c26a7c8..81570b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -354,10 +354,11 @@ proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains. core.ignoreStat:: If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the - index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the - working tree, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not - detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems - where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows. + index. These marked files are then expected to stay unchanged in the + working tree. If you change them you should mark their update manually. + Git will normally not detect the file changes by lstat() calls. + This is useful on systems where those calls are very slow, such as + cifs/Microsoft Windows. See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. False by default. -- 1.9.4.msysgit.0 -- 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