From 2886bdb118699fbc343e3c0b4f93f06fbeae1061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Couder Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 17:32:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update GIT_TRACE documentation. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git.txt | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 76b41c8e34..744c38dee3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -634,9 +634,18 @@ other This environment variable overrides `$PAGER`. 'GIT_TRACE':: - If this variable is set git will print `trace:` messages on + If this variable is set to "1", "2" or "true" (comparison + is case insensitive), git will print `trace:` messages on stderr telling about alias expansion, built-in command execution and external command execution. + If this variable is set to an integer value greater than 1 + and lower than 10 (strictly) then git will interpret this + value as an open file descriptor and will try to write the + trace messages into this file descriptor. + Alternatively, if this variable is set to an absolute path + (starting with a '/' character), git will interpret this + as a file path and will try to write the trace messages + into it. Discussion[[Discussion]] ------------------------