From aa0b32fdb5f30cb6a5a94637e940f93e173124cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Schmitz Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 10:21:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add documentation for GIT_SHOW_UNTRACKED_FILES --- README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 74e88c3..fd2fe29 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ git clone https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt.git .bash-git-prompt # GIT_PROMPT_FETCH_REMOTE_STATUS=0 # uncomment to avoid fetching remote status # GIT_PROMPT_SHOW_UPSTREAM=1 # uncomment to show upstream tracking branch - + # GIT_SHOW_UNTRACKED_FILES=all # can be no, normal or all; determines counting of untracked files + # GIT_PROMPT_STATUS_COMMAND=gitstatus_pre-1.7.10.sh # uncomment to support Git older than 1.7.10 # GIT_PROMPT_START=... # uncomment for custom prompt start sequence @@ -136,6 +137,10 @@ git clone https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt.git .bash-git-prompt source ~/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh ``` +You can set the `GIT_SHOW_UNTRACKED_FILES` variable to `no` or `normal` to speed things up if you have lots of +untracked files in your repository. This can be the case for build systems that put their build artifacts in +the subdirectory structure of the git repository. + - `cd` to a git repository and test it! #### Themes