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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo index a3a74134e..44b918aac 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo @@ -502,6 +502,21 @@ A list of VCSs, you don't want var(vcs_info) to test for repositories (checked in the var(-init-) context, too). Only used if tt(enable) contains tt(ALL). ) +kindex(use-server) +item(tt(use-server))( +This is used by the Perforce backend (tt(p4)) to decide if it should +contact the Perforce server to find out if a directory is managed +by Perforce. This is the only reliable way of doing this, but runs +the risk of a delay if the server name cannot be found. If the +server (more specifically, the var(host)tt(:)var(port) pair describing the +server) cannot be contacted its name is put into the associative array +tt(vcs_info_p4_dead_servers) and not contacted again during the session +until it is removed by hand. If you do not set this style, the tt(p4) +backend is only usable if you have set the environment variable +tt(P4CONFIG) to a file name and have corresponding files in the root +directories of each Perforce client. See comments in the function +tt(VCS_INFO_detect_p4) for more detail. +) kindex(use-simple) item(tt(use-simple))( If there are two different ways of gathering |