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 <szeder....@gmail.com> --- 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
