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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | setup.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index bf1b45eef..aa6208320 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -531,10 +531,14 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc. (Useful for excluding slow-loading network directories.) 'GIT_ONE_FILESYSTEM':: - If set to a true value ("true" or a non-zero integer), stop at - filesystem boundaries when looking for a repository directory. - Like 'GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES', it will not affect an explicit - respository directory set via 'GIT_DIR' or on the command line. + When run in a directory that does not have ".git" repository + directory, git tries to find such a directory in the parent + directories to find the top of the working tree, but by default it + does not cross filesystem boundaries. This environment variable + can be set to false value ("false" or zero) to tell git not to + stop at filesystem boundaries. Like 'GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES', + this will not affect an explicit respository directory set via + 'GIT_DIR' or on the command line. git Commits ~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok) const char *gitdirenv; const char *gitfile_dir; int len, offset, ceil_offset, root_len; - int current_device = 0, one_filesystem = 0; + int current_device = 0, one_filesystem = 1; struct stat buf; /* @@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok) } cwd[offset] = '\0'; die("Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount parent %s)\n" - "Stopping at filesystem boundary since GIT_ONE_FILESYSTEM is set.", cwd); + "Stopping at filesystem boundary since GIT_ONE_FILESYSTEM is true.", cwd); } } if (chdir("..")) { |