The variable is consulted whenever we write the index file. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 535ff561c6..eb2a17d36b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -477,8 +477,8 @@ Git so take care if using a foreign front-end. is used. `GIT_INDEX_VERSION`:: - This environment variable allows the specification of an index - version for new repositories. It won't affect existing index + This environment variable specifies what index version is used + when writing the index file out. It won't affect existing index files. By default index file version 2 or 3 is used. See linkgit:git-update-index[1] for more information. -- 2.37.3-780-gd940517dcb
