When a good user sees the "too long, consider -uno" advice when running `git status`, they should check out the man page to find out more. This change suggests they try untracked cache before -uno.
Helped-by: brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclo...@gmail.com> --- Documentation/git-status.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index def635f..4dcad4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ When `-u` option is not used, untracked files and directories are shown (i.e. the same as specifying `normal`), to help you avoid forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some -time in a large working tree. You can use `no` to have `git status` +time in a large working tree. +Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see +`git update-index --untracked-cache` and `git update-index +--split-index`), Otherwise you can use `no` to have `git status` return more quickly without showing untracked files. + The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles -- 2.3.0.rc1.137.g477eb31 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
