#261: added ATTENTION hint to DEVON_IDE_TRACE variable

devonfw · Aug 24, 2020 · ca5c6aa · ca5c6aa
1 parent 306881a
commit ca5c6aa
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/documentation/variables.asciidoc b/documentation/variables.asciidoc
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ Please note that we are trying to minimize any potential side-effect from `devon
 |`«TOOL»_VERSION`|`-`|The version of the tool `«TOOL»` to install and use (e.g. `ECLIPSE_VERSION` or `MAVEN_VERSION`).
 |`«TOOL»_BUILD_OPTS`|e.g.`clean install`|The arguments provided to the build-tool `«TOOL»` in order to run a build.
 |`«TOOL»_RELEASE_OPTS`|e.g.`clean deploy -Dchangelist= -Pdeploy`|The arguments provided to the build-tool `«TOOL»` in order to perform a release build.
-|`DEVON_IDE_TRACE`||If value is not an empty string, the `devonfw-ide` scripts will trace each script line executed. For bash two lines output: before and again after expansion.
+|`DEVON_IDE_TRACE`||If value is not an empty string, the `devonfw-ide` scripts will trace each script line executed. For bash two lines output: before and again after expansion. *ATTENTION:* This is not a regular variable working via `devon.properties`. Instead manually do `export DEVON_IDE_TRACE=true` in bash or `DEVON_IDE_TRACE=true` in windows CMD before running a devon command to get a trace log that you can provide to experts in order to trace down a bug and see what went wrong.
 |=======================