cygwin: Use native Win32 API for stat

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index bbe38ccaa2697f88936a8eff63a99b5c89435ac8..da18a5458e82e3d3d72e7ef1832cdb6461324ea4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ core.fileMode::
        the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
        See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
 
+core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks::
+       This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false,
+       the Cygwin stat() and lstat() functions are used. This may be useful
+       if your repository consists of a few separate directories joined in
+       one hierarchy using Cygwin mount. If true, Git uses native Win32 API
+       whenever it is possible and falls back to Cygwin functions only to
+       handle symbol links. The native mode is more than twice faster than
+       normal Cygwin l/stat() functions. True by default.
+
 core.trustctime::
        If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
        working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time