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| author |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-12-12 21:52:19 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-12-12 21:52:19 -0800 |
| commit | 8042ed1cebd37419ff38f540482355c0f1d30936 (patch) | |
| tree | 8cc29ba2b6f5eac2d46f5222e8ff1dc1e7f6a7bd /Documentation/config.txt | |
| parent | Get rid of the dependency on RCS' merge program (diff) | |
| parent | git-svn: correctly handle packed-refs in refs/remotes/ (diff) | |
| download | tgif-8042ed1cebd37419ff38f540482355c0f1d30936.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'master' into js/merge
* master: (42 commits)
git-svn: correctly handle packed-refs in refs/remotes/
add test case for recursive merge
git-svn: correctly display fatal() error messages
git-svn: allow dcommit to take an alternate head
git-svn: enable logging of information not supported by git
Clarify fetch error for missing objects.
Move Fink and Ports check to after config file
shortlog: fix segfault on empty authorname
shortlog: remove "[PATCH]" prefix from shortlog output
Make sure the empty tree exists when needed in merge-recursive.
Don't use memcpy when source and dest. buffers may overlap
no need to install manpages as executable
Documentation: simpler shared repository creation
shortlog: fix segfault on empty authorname
Add branch.*.merge warning and documentation update
Fix perl/ build.
git-svn: use do_switch for --follow-parent if the SVN library supports it
Fix documentation copy&paste typo
git-svn: extra error check to ensure we open a file correctly
Documentation: update git-clone man page with new behavior
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 9090762819..21ec55797b 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -125,10 +125,17 @@ apply.whitespace:: branch.<name>.remote:: When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch. + If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin". branch.<name>.merge:: - When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default remote branch - to be merged. + When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to + be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match + a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote + given by "branch.<name>.remote". + The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls + `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without + this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched. + Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge. pager.color:: A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in |