Am 21.09.2017 um 06:32 schrieb Jeff King:
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 6e3a6767e5..8dd3ae05ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `
git config
Add "icase" magic to all pathspec. This is equivalent to setting
the `GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS` environment variable to `1`.
+--no-optional-locks::
+ Do not perform optional operations that require locks. This is
+ equivalent to setting the `GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS` to `0`.
+
GIT COMMANDS
------------
@@ -697,6 +701,15 @@ of clones and fetches.
which feed potentially-untrusted URLS to git commands. See
linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.
+`GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS`::
+ If set to `0`, Git will avoid performing any operations which
+ require taking a lock and which are not required to complete the
+ requested operation. For example, this will prevent `git status`
+ from refreshing the index as a side effect. This is useful for
+ processes running in the background which do not want to cause
+ lock contention with other operations on the repository.
+ Defaults to `1`.
I don't think we should pass this environment variable to remote
repositories. It should be listed in local_repo_env[] in environment.c.
-- Hannes
