From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4B601F404 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2018 00:05:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725814AbeIDE20 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2018 00:28:26 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f65.google.com ([74.125.82.65]:54720 "EHLO mail-wm0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725766AbeIDE20 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2018 00:28:26 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f65.google.com with SMTP id c14-v6so2530060wmb.4 for ; Mon, 03 Sep 2018 17:05:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=7oAX/E3mVhuLPPl0fHxdZPBYyNHfuT4LSOmR71O8rwc=; b=gjzKAC1huV3Ud16qDR5so82CLsAJKKPI9JFAbkioFwH59PJj2McWZAP3l0z+Bv1IL/ 9KBgTMqRhc1BYwox6HdBWWnrkc68zcnabXI4l5X8Kqo2LHeeIBDwBQ5uyEAqKx72giZ5 GslAI2vkGyJ6jxiPMizmX+gMu07ykraoK8j7HX1KLJL9VDpSUcVcJV1Ilcug4Xv90aeX MRLIKtqcn6phWrg5zX8Nc+LEE8gSUxl5jrFIk1dUoYqEO/Bs1nlUTUT1hPtLpwjLqZE5 c0V1mXk6csiK+PceVRjao6aGAk+BbrLU9bT4c19H7AIun9ECPZyxXC+3o1WyXjB4R1UV 1VFg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=7oAX/E3mVhuLPPl0fHxdZPBYyNHfuT4LSOmR71O8rwc=; b=WvPH8oNZ5X5OQwtl5ThwbCJ9Xpe3XRiB9/WKJO4nGW4QhOlDzlw3xv4RCcTUUjNuqF uQiysl+LjSI3P77uGashG2Exf0uoEaHRdZFKdsoeVnwtrj049pzPrHKUaQGRDZLlms0S vJkEcnBglWRdxU0P4fTZ+mj05fV5/GU1k5SEBD+cQRb2S1xGeaLHM5sBifLSuNgsTJB+ G6Zj0AjC8rGdkeRmYYOknVG6jBdCyxW0W5Jy42a3O8sYCvG7oJXaGFt81AY5+XPHMX3r v0xFsQU3MnsCbwnYFXRXtGztyehjJqnaPBcTOpp+TIBdjJFUShsVnKC47DUATDGR74T+ EBrg== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51C0y+6zSLTE/DH0xXI6PJ7LrhYpM+j6rVtNhaHgGzMqqNHRVKUa 8X9sF9KdO8UBKFTPE2umREY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0Vdag62gWcxBIgQCJzmv5HUrBK5hyvWjFLHK8gBSxRfF/BuqGRJHxyq4OHjGO65CvIzvXbQHYkg== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:6208:: with SMTP id w8-v6mr968799wmb.163.1536019555799; Mon, 03 Sep 2018 17:05:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (x590c2a04.dyn.telefonica.de. [89.12.42.4]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z21-v6sm390491wmi.29.2018.09.03.17.05.54 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 03 Sep 2018 17:05:54 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?q?SZEDER=20G=C3=A1bor?= To: Junio C Hamano Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, =?UTF-8?q?SZEDER=20G=C3=A1bor?= Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/git.txt: clarify that GIT_TRACE=/path appends Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 02:05:44 +0200 Message-Id: <20180904000544.13907-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.19.0.rc0.188.g56c5ee2db1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org The current wording of the description of GIT_TRACE=/path/to/file ("... will try to write the trace messages into it") might be misunderstood as "overwriting"; at least I interpreted it that way on a cursory first read. State it more explicitly that the trace messages are appended. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor --- Documentation/git.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index dba7f0c18e..74a9d7edb4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -599,8 +599,8 @@ trace messages into this file descriptor. + Alternatively, if the 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. +as a file path and will try to append the trace messages +to it. + Unsetting the variable, or setting it to empty, "0" or "false" (case insensitive) disables trace messages. -- 2.19.0.rc0.188.g56c5ee2db1