GIT_TRACE: show which built-in/external commands are executed

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 51f20c6e67acb8c7eb526fac544992eaec321623..4b140b8216797941974ba3da8f22c8b021005150 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -615,6 +615,13 @@ git Diffs
        gitlink:git-diff-files[1];
        gitlink:git-diff-tree[1]
 
+other
+~~~~~
+'GIT_TRACE'::
+       If this variable is set git will print `trace:` messages on
+       stderr telling about alias expansion, built-in command
+       execution and external command execution.
+
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