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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-05-02 00:40:24 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-05-02 20:09:56 -0700
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core.prefersymlinkrefs: use symlinks for .git/HEAD
When inspecting a project whose build infrastructure used to assume that .git/HEAD is a symlink ref, core.prefersymlinkrefs in the config file of such a project would help to bisect its history. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
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--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ core.ignoreStat::
slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See gitlink:git-update-index[1].
False by default.
-core.onlyUseSymrefs::
- Always use the "symref" format instead of symbolic links for HEAD
- and other symbolic reference files. True by default.
+core.preferSymlinkRefs::
+ Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
+ and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
+ This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
+ expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
core.repositoryFormatVersion::
Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout