Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chrisc...@tuxfamily.org>
---
Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 7386c93162..e091b2a409 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ may not support it yet.
given again, all changes in $GIT_DIR/index are pushed back to
the shared index file. This mode is designed for very large
indexes that take a significant amount of time to read or write.
++
+These options take effect whatever the value of the `core.splitIndex`
+configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). But a warning is
+emitted when the change goes against the configured value, as the
+configured value will take effect next time the index is read and this
+will remove the intended effect of the option.
--untracked-cache::
--no-untracked-cache::
--
2.12.0.22.g0672473d40
