Add configuration option for default untracked files mode

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index a6f41f3663932fda8121c4fc324ed11d5f37c645..2e5ea22a40fd64f3b949099006b54ef493a4993b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ the handling of untracked files. The possible options are:
        - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
        - 'all'    - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
 --
++
+See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable
+used to change the default for when the option is not
+specified.
 
 -v|--verbose::
        Show unified diff between the HEAD commit and what