blame -s: suppress author name and time.

diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index b161c8b32b196b2e251ee65ee43e5aa0349b96b4..cd5e014d4899954b204173f6e1d84e011a307ac8 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ in the index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on
 executable bit.   On such an unfortunate filesystem, you may
 need to use `git-update-index --chmod=`.
 
+Quite similarly, if `core.symlinks` configuration variable is set
+to 'false' (see gitlink:git-config[1]), symbolic links are checked out
+as plain files, and this command does not modify a recorded file mode
+from symbolic link to regular file.
+
 The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable.  See
 'Using "assume unchanged" bit' section above.