Rudy Rigot ecbc23e4c5 status: modernize git-status "slow untracked files" advice ...

`git status` can be slow when there are a large number of
untracked files and directories since Git must search the entire
worktree to enumerate them.  When it is too slow, Git prints
advice with the elapsed search time and a suggestion to disable
the search using the `-uno` option.  This suggestion also carries
a warning that might scare off some users.

However, these days, `-uno` isn't the only option.  Git can reduce
the time taken to enumerate untracked files by caching results from
previous `git status` invocations, when the `core.untrackedCache`
and `core.fsmonitor` features are enabled.

Update the `git status` man page to explain these configuration
options, and update the advice to provide more detail about the
current configuration and to refer to the updated documentation.

Signed-off-by: Rudy Rigot <rudy.rigot@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

2022-12-01 15:27:41 +09:00

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