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Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
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core.fsmonitor::
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- If set, this variable contains the pathname of the "fsmonitor"
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- hook command.
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- This hook command is used to identify all files that may have changed
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- since the requested date/time. This information is used to speed up
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- git by avoiding unnecessary scanning of files that have not changed.
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- See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
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- Note: The value of this config setting is ignored if the
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- built-in file system monitor is enabled (see `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor`).
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+ If set, the value of this variable is used as a command which
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+ will identify all files that may have changed since the
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+ requested date/time. This information is used to speed up git by
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+ avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed.
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+ See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
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core.fsmonitorHookVersion::
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- Sets the protocol version to be used when invoking the
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- "fsmonitor" hook.
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- There are currently versions 1 and 2. When this is not set,
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- version 2 will be tried first and if it fails then version 1
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- will be tried. Version 1 uses a timestamp as input to determine
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- which files have changes since that time but some monitors
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- like Watchman have race conditions when used with a timestamp.
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- Version 2 uses an opaque string so that the monitor can return
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- something that can be used to determine what files have changed
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- without race conditions.
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- Note: The value of this config setting is ignored if the
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- built-in file system monitor is enabled (see `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor`).
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- core.useBuiltinFSMonitor::
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- If set to true, enable the built-in file system monitor
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- daemon for this working directory (linkgit:git-fsmonitor--daemon[1]).
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- Like hook-based file system monitors, the built-in file system monitor
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- can speed up Git commands that need to refresh the Git index
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- (e.g. `git status`) in a working directory with many files. The
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- built-in monitor eliminates the need to install and maintain an
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- external third-party tool.
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- The built-in file system monitor is currently available only on a
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- limited set of supported platforms. Currently, this includes Windows
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- and MacOS.
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- Note: if this config setting is set to `true`, the values of
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- `core.fsmonitor` and `core.fsmonitorHookVersion` are ignored.
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+ Sets the version of hook that is to be used when calling fsmonitor.
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+ There are currently versions 1 and 2. When this is not set,
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+ version 2 will be tried first and if it fails then version 1
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+ will be tried. Version 1 uses a timestamp as input to determine
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+ which files have changes since that time but some monitors
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+ like watchman have race conditions when used with a timestamp.
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+ Version 2 uses an opaque string so that the monitor can return
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+ something that can be used to determine what files have changed
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+ without race conditions.
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core.trustctime::
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If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
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