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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index ef347875dc..02696208c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -81,13 +81,16 @@ Includes You can include one config file from another by setting the special `include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The +variable takes a pathname as its value, and is subject to tilde +expansion. + +The included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was -found. The value of `include.path` is subject to tilde expansion: `~/` -is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the specified -user's home directory. See below for examples. +found. See below for examples. + Example ~~~~~~~ @@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ Example [include] path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file - path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your $HOME directory + path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your `$HOME` directory Values @@ -169,6 +172,13 @@ thing on the same output line (e.g. opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate` output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute. +pathname:: + A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a + string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual + tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/` + is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the + specified user's home directory. + Variables ~~~~~~~~~ @@ -269,6 +279,12 @@ See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. + The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file). +core.hideDotFiles:: + (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose + name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/` + directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The + default mode is 'dotGitOnly'. + core.ignoreCase:: If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, @@ -337,9 +353,9 @@ core.quotePath:: core.eol:: Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for - files that have the `text` property set. Alternatives are - 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's native - line ending. The default value is `native`. See + files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false. + Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's + native line ending. The default value is `native`. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line conversion. @@ -486,10 +502,10 @@ repository's usual working tree). core.logAllRefUpdates:: Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file - "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old + "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but only when the file exists. If this configuration - variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" + variable is set to true, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`" file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/), note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD. @@ -593,12 +609,11 @@ be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be. Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. core.excludesFile:: - In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and - '.git/info/exclude', Git looks into this file for patterns - of files which are not meant to be tracked. "`~/`" is expanded - to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the specified user's - home directory. Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. - If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore + Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to + describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition + to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'. + Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`. + If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore` is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. core.askPass:: @@ -615,8 +630,8 @@ core.attributesFile:: '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is - $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not - set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead. + `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not + set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead. core.editor:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit @@ -1106,9 +1121,8 @@ commit.status:: message. Defaults to true. commit.template:: - Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages. - "`~/`" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the - specified user's home directory. + Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for + new commit messages. credential.helper:: Specify an external helper to be called when a username or @@ -1334,7 +1348,7 @@ gc.worktreePruneExpire:: 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'. This config variable can be used to set a different grace period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace - period and prune $GIT_DIR/worktrees immediately, or "never" + period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never" may be used to suppress pruning. gc.reflogExpire:: @@ -1474,13 +1488,13 @@ grep.fallbackToNoIndex:: is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false. gpg.program:: - Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when + Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached - signature, "gpg --verify $file - <$signature" is run, and the + signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the - standard input of "gpg -bsau $key" is fed with the contents to be + standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its standard output. @@ -1493,7 +1507,7 @@ gui.diffContext:: made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5". gui.displayUntracked:: - Determines if linkgit::git-gui[1] shows untracked files + Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files in the file list. The default is "true". gui.encoding:: @@ -1655,11 +1669,12 @@ http.emptyAuth:: authentication. http.cookieFile:: - File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used + The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines, + which should be used in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or - the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see linkgit:curl[1]). - NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is only used as + the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`). + NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as input unless http.saveCookies is set. http.saveCookies:: |