Merge branch 'mh/shorten-unambigous-ref'

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index a4058063cedd61d88990faf739bda955834b1ea7..ed5985319089e287b5ada6353d42b1e81568290c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -567,6 +567,10 @@ be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
 command to `LESS=FRSX less -+S`. The environment tells the command
 to set the `S` option to chop long lines but the command line
 resets it to the default to fold long lines.
++
+Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
+to `-c`.  You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
+another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
 
 core.whitespace::
        A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to