handling).
core.ignoreStat::
- The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
- mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes
- by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very
- slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
+ If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
+ will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
+ index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
+ working copy, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
+ detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
+ where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
+ See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
False by default.
core.preferSymlinkRefs::