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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 2ed868c81a..7791c32bc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ CONFIGURATION FILE ------------------ The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect -the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository -is used to store the information for that repository, and -`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information to give -fallback values for `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` -can be used to store system-wide defaults. - -They can be used by both the git plumbing -and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where -in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last +the git command's behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository +is used to store the configuration for that repository, and +`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as +fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` +can be used to store a system-wide default configuration. + +The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing +and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein +the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times. @@ -25,35 +25,36 @@ blank lines are ignored. The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric -characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable -must belong to some section, which means that there must be section -header before first setting of a variable. +characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable +must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section +header before the first setting of a variable. Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name, -in the section header, like in example below: +in the section header, like in the example below: -------- [section "subsection"] -------- -Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote -'`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`', -respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple +Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except +newline (doublequote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`, +respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't need to. -There is also (case insensitive) alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax. -In this syntax subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section -name. +There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax. +In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section +names. -All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form +All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section +header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true". The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric -characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value +characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued. Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded. @@ -61,26 +62,26 @@ Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim. The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no, -0/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean values, when +0/1, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier; 'git-config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false". String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes. -You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to -preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains -beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';'). -Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must -be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'. - -The following escape sequences (beside '`\"`' and '`\\`') are recognized: -'`\n`' for newline character (NL), '`\t`' for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) -and '`\b`' for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal +You need to enclose variable values in double quotes if you want to +preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if the variable value contains +comment characters (i.e. it contains '#' or ';'). +Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable values must +be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`. + +The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized: +`\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) +and `\b` for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal char sequences are valid. -Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the +Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the customary UNIX fashion. -Some variables may require special value format. +Some variables may require a special value format. Example ~~~~~~~ @@ -221,6 +222,11 @@ core.gitProxy:: Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable (which always applies universally, without the special "for" handling). ++ +The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to +specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern. +This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from +proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains. core.ignoreStat:: If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index @@ -290,8 +296,10 @@ core.sharedRepository:: group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number, files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override - user's umask value, and thus, users with a safe umask (0077) can use - this option. Examples: '0660' is equivalent to 'group'. '0640' is a + user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override + requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make + the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to + others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a repository that is group-readable but not group-writable. See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default. @@ -382,9 +390,9 @@ core.pager:: to override git's default settings this way, you need to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager` - to "`less -+$LESS -FRX`". This will be passed to the + to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the shell by git, which will translate the final command to - "`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`". + `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`. core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to @@ -422,6 +430,20 @@ relatively high IO latencies. With this set to 'true', git will do the index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing overlapping IO's. +core.createObject:: + You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by + a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation + will not overwrite existing objects. ++ +On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable. +Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the +check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten. + +add.ignore-errors:: + Tells 'git-add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be + added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors' + option of linkgit:git-add[1]. + alias.*:: Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation @@ -435,7 +457,9 @@ If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point, it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command -"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". +"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be +executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may +not necessarily be the current directory. apply.whitespace:: Tells 'git-apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way @@ -468,10 +492,14 @@ branch.autosetuprebase:: This option defaults to never. 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". + When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' and 'git-push' which + remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is + configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch. branch.<name>.merge:: + Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch + for the given branch. It tells 'git-fetch'/'git-pull' which + branch to merge and can also affect 'git-push' (see push.default). When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' the default refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a @@ -548,6 +576,25 @@ color.diff.<slot>:: whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. +color.grep:: + When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or + `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only + when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`. + +color.grep.external:: + The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep' + command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned + on. If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all, + turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default. + For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even + when a pager is used. + +color.grep.match:: + Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable + may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using + the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when + calling an external 'grep'. + color.interactive:: When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive"). @@ -556,8 +603,8 @@ color.interactive:: color.interactive.<slot>:: Use customized color for 'git-add --interactive' - output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, or `help`, for - three distinct types of normal output from interactive + output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for + four distinct types of normal output from interactive programs. The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. @@ -565,6 +612,12 @@ color.pager:: A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in use (default is true). +color.showbranch:: + A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of + linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`, + `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used + only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. + color.status:: A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`, @@ -639,6 +692,33 @@ diff.suppressBlankEmpty:: A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space before each empty output line. Defaults to false. +diff.tool:: + Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides + `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has + the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge" + and plus "kompare". + +difftool.<tool>.path:: + Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case + your tool is not in the PATH. + +difftool.<tool>.cmd:: + Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool. + The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following + variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary + file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE' + is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents + of the diff post-image. + +difftool.prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. + +diff.wordRegex:: + A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word" + when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character + sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other + characters are *ignorable* whitespace. + fetch.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects fetched over the git native transfer is below this @@ -650,6 +730,13 @@ fetch.unpackLimit:: especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. +format.attach:: + Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for + 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string + which will enable attachments as the default and set the + value as the boundary. See the --attach option in + linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. + format.numbered:: A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there @@ -661,6 +748,14 @@ format.headers:: Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. +format.cc:: + Additional "Cc:" headers to include in a patch to be submitted + by mail. See the --cc option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. + +format.subjectprefix:: + The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]' + subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix. + format.suffix:: The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to @@ -671,6 +766,23 @@ format.pretty:: See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]. +format.thread:: + The default threading style for 'git-format-patch'. Can be + either a boolean value, `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` + threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, + where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the + `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. + `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. + A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false + value disables threading. + +format.signoff:: + A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of + format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a + patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have + the rights to submit this work under the same open source license. + Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion. + gc.aggressiveWindow:: The window size parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults @@ -725,6 +837,10 @@ gc.rerereunresolved:: kept for this many days when 'git-rerere gc' is run. The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. +gitcvs.commitmsgannotation:: + Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string + to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator". + gitcvs.enabled:: Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. @@ -930,6 +1046,12 @@ http.sslKey:: over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment variable. +http.sslCertPasswordProtected:: + Enable git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise + OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the + certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the + 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable. + http.sslCAInfo:: File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the @@ -990,6 +1112,13 @@ instaweb.port:: The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1]. +interactive.singlekey:: + In interactive programs, allow the user to provide one-letter + input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter). + Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of + linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently + ignored if portable keystroke input is not available. + log.date:: Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date value is similar to using 'git-log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the @@ -1002,6 +1131,14 @@ log.showroot:: Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default. +mailmap.file:: + The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default + mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded + first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable. + The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository + subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself. + See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1]. + man.viewer:: Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1]. @@ -1046,6 +1183,16 @@ mergetool.keepBackup:: is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to `true` (i.e. keep the backup files). +mergetool.keepTemporaries:: + When invoking a custom merge tool, git uses a set of temporary + files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this + variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be + preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has + exited. Defaults to `false`. + +mergetool.prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. + pack.window:: The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10. @@ -1071,12 +1218,20 @@ pack.compression:: pack.deltaCacheSize:: The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in - linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. - A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0. + linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack. + This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not + having to recompute the final delta result once the best match + for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines + which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though, + especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping. + A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be + used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB. pack.deltaCacheLimit:: The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in - linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000. + linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the + writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta + result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000. pack.threads:: Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best @@ -1116,7 +1271,7 @@ pager.<cmd>:: particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for - all commands, set `core.pager` or 'GIT_PAGER' to "`cat`". + all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`. pull.octopus:: The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches @@ -1125,6 +1280,23 @@ pull.octopus:: pull.twohead:: The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch. +push.default:: + Defines the action git push should take if no refspec is given + on the command line, no refspec is configured in the remote, and + no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command + line. Possible values are: ++ +* `nothing` do not push anything. +* `matching` push all matching branches. + All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be + matching. This is the default. +* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch. +* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name. + +rebase.stat:: + Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last + rebase. False by default. + receive.fsckObjects:: If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a @@ -1164,6 +1336,9 @@ remote.<name>.url:: The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or linkgit:git-push[1]. +remote.<name>.pushurl:: + The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1]. + remote.<name>.proxy:: For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to @@ -1221,6 +1396,50 @@ rerere.enabled:: default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false. +sendemail.identity:: + A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the + 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over + values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is + the value of 'sendemail.identity'. + +sendemail.smtpencryption:: + See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this + setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism. + +sendemail.smtpssl:: + Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'. + +sendemail.<identity>.*:: + Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters + found below, taking precedence over those when the this + identity is selected, through command-line or + 'sendemail.identity'. + +sendemail.aliasesfile:: +sendemail.aliasfiletype:: +sendemail.bcc:: +sendemail.cc:: +sendemail.cccmd:: +sendemail.chainreplyto:: +sendemail.confirm:: +sendemail.envelopesender:: +sendemail.from:: +sendemail.multiedit:: +sendemail.signedoffbycc:: +sendemail.smtppass:: +sendemail.suppresscc:: +sendemail.suppressfrom:: +sendemail.to:: +sendemail.smtpserver:: +sendemail.smtpserverport:: +sendemail.smtpuser:: +sendemail.thread:: +sendemail.validate:: + See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. + +sendemail.signedoffcc:: + Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'. + showbranch.default:: The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. See linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. |