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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/url.txt | 30 |
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 451c9fe2b3..924776f7fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -427,36 +427,7 @@ include::config/uploadarchive.txt[] include::config/uploadpack.txt[] -url.<base>.insteadOf:: - Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to - start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a - large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple - access methods, and some users need to use different access - methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the - equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to - the best alternative for the particular user, even for a - never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one - insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used. -+ -Note that any protocol restrictions will be applied to the rewritten -URL. If the rewrite changes the URL to use a custom protocol or remote -helper, you may need to adjust the `protocol.*.allow` config to permit -the request. In particular, protocols you expect to use for submodules -must be set to `always` rather than the default of `user`. See the -description of `protocol.allow` above. - -url.<base>.pushInsteadOf:: - Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to; - instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the - resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves - a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple - access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature - allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git - automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a - never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one - pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is - used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this - setting for that remote. +include::config/url.txt[] user.email:: Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits. diff --git a/Documentation/config/url.txt b/Documentation/config/url.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e5566c371d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/url.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +url.<base>.insteadOf:: + Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to + start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a + large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple + access methods, and some users need to use different access + methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the + equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to + the best alternative for the particular user, even for a + never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one + insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used. ++ +Note that any protocol restrictions will be applied to the rewritten +URL. If the rewrite changes the URL to use a custom protocol or remote +helper, you may need to adjust the `protocol.*.allow` config to permit +the request. In particular, protocols you expect to use for submodules +must be set to `always` rather than the default of `user`. See the +description of `protocol.allow` above. + +url.<base>.pushInsteadOf:: + Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to; + instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the + resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves + a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple + access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature + allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git + automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a + never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one + pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is + used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this + setting for that remote. |