The current description of "core.ignorecase" reads like an option which
is intended to be changed by the user while it's actually expected to
be set by Git only [1].
[1] https://marc.info/?l=git&m=152972992729761&w=2
Signed-off-by: Marc Strapetz <marc.strapetz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ab641bf5a..c25693828 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ core.hideDotFiles::
default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
core.ignoreCase::
- If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
+ Internal variable which enables various workarounds to enable
Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
"makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ core.ignoreCase::
+
The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
-is created.
+is created. Modifying this value afterwards may result in unexpected
behavior.
core.precomposeUnicode::
This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
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