Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / git.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 07e9e57c5836fe1409381c491ff6b13962d392ae..b7546aca1cf2608c8760ad7e6fa01c5db34f5013 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ OPTIONS
 +
 Other options are available to control how the manual page is
 displayed. See linkgit:git-help[1] for more information,
-because 'git --help ...' is converted internally into 'git
-help ...'.
+because `git --help ...` is converted internally into `git
+help ...`.
 
 --exec-path::
        Path to wherever your core git programs are installed.
@@ -427,6 +427,14 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc.
        This can also be controlled by the '--work-tree' command line
        option and the core.worktree configuration variable.
 
+'GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES'::
+       This should be a colon-separated list of absolute paths.
+       If set, it is a list of directories that git should not chdir
+       up into while looking for a repository directory.
+       It will not exclude the current working directory or
+       a GIT_DIR set on the command line or in the environment.
+       (Useful for excluding slow-loading network directories.)
+
 git Commits
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME'::