[PATCH] Describe core.symlinks in the man pages.

[Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>]

---
 Documentation/config.txt           |    7 +++++++
 Documentation/git-update-index.txt |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 9fec769..08d13ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ core.fileMode::
 	the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
 	See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
 
+core.symlinks::
+	If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
+	contain the link text. gitlink:git-update-index[1] and
+	gitlink:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
+	file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
+	symbolic links. True by default.
+
 core.gitProxy::
 	A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
 	of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index b161c8b..cd5e014 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ in the index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on
 executable bit.   On such an unfortunate filesystem, you may
 need to use `git-update-index --chmod=`.
 
+Quite similarly, if `core.symlinks` configuration variable is set
+to 'false' (see gitlink:git-config[1]), symbolic links are checked out
+as plain files, and this command does not modify a recorded file mode
+from symbolic link to regular file.
+
 The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable.  See
 'Using "assume unchanged" bit' section above.
 
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