The current description of "core.ignorecase" reads like an option which
is intended to be changed by the user while it's actually expected to
be set by Git only [1].

[1] https://marc.info/?l=git&m=152972992729761&w=2

Signed-off-by: Marc Strapetz <marc.strap...@syntevo.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ab641bf5a..c25693828 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ core.hideDotFiles::
        default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.

 core.ignoreCase::
-       If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
+       Internal variable which enables various workarounds to enable
        Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
        like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
        "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ core.ignoreCase::
 +
 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
 will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
-is created.
+is created. Modifying this value afterwards may result in unexpected behavior.

 core.precomposeUnicode::
        This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
--
2.17.0.rc0.3.gb1b5a51b2

Reply via email to