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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index e173c47f38..c0b8b627b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ Git so take care if using a foreign front-end. is used. `GIT_INDEX_VERSION`:: - This environment variable allows the specification of an index - version for new repositories. It won't affect existing index + This environment variable specifies what index version is used + when writing the index file out. It won't affect existing index files. By default index file version 2 or 3 is used. See linkgit:git-update-index[1] for more information. |