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git-status.txt: advertisement for untracked cache
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When a good user sees the "too long, consider -uno" advice when
running `git status`, they should check out the man page to find out
more. This change suggests they try untracked cache before -uno.

Helped-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy authored and Junio C Hamano committed Mar 12, 2015
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Expand Up @@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ When `-u` option is not used, untracked files and directories are
shown (i.e. the same as specifying `normal`), to help you avoid
forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work
to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some
time in a large working tree. You can use `no` to have `git status`
time in a large working tree.
Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see
`git update-index --untracked-cache` and `git update-index
--split-index`), Otherwise you can use `no` to have `git status`
return more quickly without showing untracked files.
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The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
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