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diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt index 0ba8989820..257db58918 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt @@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ advice.*:: These variables control various optional help messages designed to aid new users. When left unconfigured, Git will give the message alongside instructions on how to squelch it. You can tell Git - that you do not need the help message by setting these to `false`: + that you have understood the issue and no longer need a specific + help message by setting the corresponding variable to `false`. ++ +As they are intended to help human users, these messages are output to +the standard error. When tools that run Git as a subprocess find them +disruptive, they can set `GIT_ADVICE=0` in the environment to squelch +all advice messages. + -- addEmbeddedRepo:: |