Add configuration option for default untracked files mode

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 4bb51cc06ec5e1f47b748b14353e49a0acfdc775..2e5ea22a40fd64f3b949099006b54ef493a4993b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u]
+'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u[<mode>]]
           [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg> | --amend]
           [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>]
           [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --no-verify::
        This option bypasses the pre-commit and commit-msg hooks.
-       See also link:hooks.html[hooks].
+       See also linkgit:githooks[5][hooks].
 
 --allow-empty::
        Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its
@@ -150,12 +150,21 @@ but can be used to amend a merge commit.
        the last commit without committing changes that have
        already been staged.
 
--u|--untracked-files::
-       Show all untracked files, also those in uninteresting
-       directories, in the "Untracked files:" section of commit
-       message template.  Without this option only its name and
-       a trailing slash are displayed for each untracked
-       directory.
+-u[<mode>]|--untracked-files[=<mode>]::
+       Show untracked files (Default: 'all').
++
+The mode parameter is optional, and is used to specify
+the handling of untracked files. The possible options are:
++
+--
+       - 'no'     - Show no untracked files
+       - '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
@@ -292,7 +301,7 @@ order).
 HOOKS
 -----
 This command can run `commit-msg`, `prepare-commit-msg`, `pre-commit`,
-and `post-commit` hooks.  See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more
+and `post-commit` hooks.  See linkgit:githooks[5][hooks] for more
 information.
 
 
@@ -312,4 +321,4 @@ Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite