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@@ -174,8 +174,17 @@ If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use
directory.
--no-replace-objects::
- Do not use replacement refs to replace Git objects. See
- linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information.
+ Do not use replacement refs to replace Git objects.
+ This is equivalent to exporting the `GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS`
+ environment variable with any value.
+ See linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information.
+
+--no-lazy-fetch::
+ Do not fetch missing objects from the promisor remote on
+ demand. Useful together with `git cat-file -e <object>` to
+ see if the object is locally available.
+ This is equivalent to setting the `GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH`
+ environment variable to `1`.
--literal-pathspecs::
Treat pathspecs literally (i.e. no globbing, no pathspec magic).
@@ -872,6 +881,10 @@ for full details.
header and packfile URIs. Set this Boolean environment variable to false to prevent this
redaction.
+`GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS`::
+ Setting and exporting this environment variable tells Git to
+ ignore replacement refs and do not replace Git objects.
+
`GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS`::
Setting this Boolean environment variable to true will cause Git to treat all
pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. For example,
@@ -893,6 +906,11 @@ for full details.
Setting this Boolean environment variable to true will cause Git to treat all
pathspecs as case-insensitive.
+`GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH`::
+ Setting this Boolean environment variable to true tells Git
+ not to lazily fetch missing objects from the promisor remote
+ on demand.
+
`GIT_REFLOG_ACTION`::
When a ref is updated, reflog entries are created to keep
track of the reason why the ref was updated (which is
@@ -942,7 +960,7 @@ will never be returned from the commit-graph at the cost of performance.
`GIT_PROTOCOL`::
For internal use only. Used in handshaking the wire protocol.
Contains a colon ':' separated list of keys with optional values
- 'key[=value]'. Presence of unknown keys and values must be
+ '<key>[=<value>]'. Presence of unknown keys and values must be
ignored.
+
Note that servers may need to be configured to allow this variable to