$GIT_COMMON_DIR: a new environment variable

diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 82eca6fdf6149a270bf85937f91f3e9cc453052d..929869b0a0576b8c60a685af2fd6b236e3b4bf1d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ may not support it yet.
        split-index mode is already enabled and `--split-index` is
        given again, all changes in $GIT_DIR/index are pushed back to
        the shared index file. This mode is designed for very large
-       indexes that take a signficant amount of time to read or write.
+       indexes that take a significant amount of time to read or write.
 
 \--::
        Do not interpret any more arguments as options.