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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 2e919f0df8..f61788668e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -453,6 +453,8 @@ false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare core.worktree:: Set the path to the root of the working tree. + If GIT_COMMON_DIR environment variable is set, core.worktree + is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree. This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment variable and the '--work-tree' command-line option. The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to @@ -622,6 +624,12 @@ core.commentChar:: If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages. +core.packedRefsTimeout:: + The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to + lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at + all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e., + retry for 1 second). + sequence.editor:: Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file. The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used. @@ -761,6 +769,14 @@ am.keepcr:: by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line. See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]. +am.threeWay:: + By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When + set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if + the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and + we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way` + option from the command line). Defaults to `false`. + See linkgit:git-am[1]. + apply.ignoreWhitespace:: When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change' @@ -850,9 +866,9 @@ branch.<name>.rebase:: "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non branch-specific manner. + - When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' - so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened - by running 'git pull'. +When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' +so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened +by running 'git pull'. + *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] @@ -1106,6 +1122,9 @@ credential.<url>.*:: example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are matched. +credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP:: + Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting. + include::diff-config.txt[] difftool.<tool>.path:: @@ -1234,6 +1253,25 @@ filter.<driver>.smudge:: object to a worktree file upon checkout. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. +fsck.<msg-id>:: + Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a + specific message ID such as `missingEmail`. ++ +For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID, +e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means +that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue. ++ +This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories +which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes. + +fsck.skipList:: + The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per + line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should + be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project + should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that + can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses. + Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting. + gc.aggressiveDepth:: The depth parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults @@ -1272,21 +1310,34 @@ gc.packRefs:: gc.pruneExpire:: When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'. Override the grace period with this config variable. The value - "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune - unreachable objects immediately. + "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune + unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to + suppress pruning. + +gc.worktreePruneExpire:: + When 'git gc' is run, it calls + '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" + may be used to suppress pruning. gc.reflogExpire:: gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire:: 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than - this time; defaults to 90 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. + this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all + entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration + altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to the refs that match the <pattern>. gc.reflogExpireUnreachable:: -gc.<ref>.reflogExpireUnreachable:: +gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable:: 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than this time and are not reachable from the current tip; - defaults to 30 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") + defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries + immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether. + With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that match the <pattern>. @@ -1561,6 +1612,42 @@ http.saveCookies:: If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset. +http.sslVersion:: + The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you + want to force the default. The available and default version + depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the + particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally + this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl + documentation for more details on the format of this option and + for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of + this option are: + + - sslv2 + - sslv3 + - tlsv1 + - tlsv1.0 + - tlsv1.1 + - tlsv1.2 + ++ +Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' environment variable. +To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any +explicit http.sslversion option, set 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' to the +empty string. + +http.sslCipherList:: + A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection. + The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against + NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto + library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' + option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format + of this list. ++ +Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' environment variable. +To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any +explicit http.sslCipherList option, set 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' to the +empty string. + http.sslVerify:: Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment @@ -1745,9 +1832,7 @@ log.abbrevCommit:: log.date:: Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command. Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s - `--date` option. Possible values are `relative`, `local`, - `default`, `iso`, `rfc`, and `short`; see linkgit:git-log[1] - for details. + `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details. log.decorate:: Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log @@ -1756,6 +1841,12 @@ log.decorate:: specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option. +log.follow:: + If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when + a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`, + i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well + on non-linear history. + log.showRoot:: If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree. @@ -1858,6 +1949,18 @@ mergetool.writeToTemp:: mergetool.prompt:: Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. +notes.mergeStrategy:: + Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes + conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or + `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" + section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy. + +notes.<name>.mergeStrategy:: + Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into + refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general + "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in + linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies. + notes.displayRef:: The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set @@ -1886,8 +1989,8 @@ notes.rewriteMode:: When copying notes during a rewrite (see the "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if the target commit already has a note. Must be one of - `overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`. Defaults to - `concatenate`. + `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`. + Defaults to `concatenate`. + This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE` environment variable. @@ -2042,9 +2145,9 @@ pull.rebase:: pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a per-branch basis. + - When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' - so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened - by running 'git pull'. +When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' +so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened +by running 'git pull'. + *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] @@ -2117,6 +2220,28 @@ push.followTags:: may override this configuration at time of push by specifying '--no-follow-tags'. +push.gpgSign:: + May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true + value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if '--signed' is + passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes + pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if + '--signed=if-asked' is passed to 'git push'. A false value may + override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit + command-line flag always overrides this config option. + +push.recurseSubmodules:: + Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed + are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check' + then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the + revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the + submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and + exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all + submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be + pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions + it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value + is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing + is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by + specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'. rebase.stat:: Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last @@ -2133,6 +2258,22 @@ rebase.autoStash:: successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts. Defaults to false. +rebase.missingCommitsCheck:: + If set to "warn", git rebase -i will print a warning if some + commits are removed (e.g. a line was deleted), however the + rebase will still proceed. If set to "error", it will print + the previous warning and stop the rebase, 'git rebase + --edit-todo' can then be used to correct the error. If set to + "ignore", no checking is done. + To drop a commit without warning or error, use the `drop` + command in the todo-list. + Defaults to "ignore". + +rebase.instructionFormat + A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for + the instruction list during an interactive rebase. The format will automatically + have the long commit hash prepended to the format. + receive.advertiseAtomic:: By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push capability to its clients. If you don't want to this capability @@ -2169,6 +2310,28 @@ receive.fsckObjects:: Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead. +receive.fsck.<msg-id>:: + When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched + to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` + setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value + is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes + the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid + author/committer line - missing email" means that setting + `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue. ++ +This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories +which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing +the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch +other issues. + +receive.fsck.skipList:: + The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per + line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should + be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project + should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that + can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses. + Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting. + receive.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects received in a push is below this limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object @@ -2214,13 +2377,10 @@ receive.denyNonFastForwards:: set when initializing a shared repository. receive.hideRefs:: - String(s) `receive-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit - from its initial advertisement. Use more than one - definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that - are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this - variable is excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git - push`, and an attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by - `git push` is rejected. + This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies + only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches). + An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is + rejected. receive.updateServerInfo:: If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info @@ -2448,6 +2608,16 @@ status.submoduleSummary:: submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does not honor these settings. +stash.showPatch:: + If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an + option will show the stash in patch form. Defaults to false. + See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. + +stash.showStat:: + If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an + option will show diffstat of the stash. Defaults to true. + See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. + submodule.<name>.path:: submodule.<name>.url:: The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These @@ -2508,9 +2678,27 @@ transfer.fsckObjects:: Defaults to false. transfer.hideRefs:: - This variable can be used to set both `receive.hideRefs` - and `uploadpack.hideRefs` at the same time to the same - values. See entries for these other variables. + String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which + refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than + one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is + under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is + excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git + fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for + program-specific versions of this config. ++ +You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry, +explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden. +If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones +(and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones). ++ +If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each +reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns. +For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and +the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master` +is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and +`refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called +"have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of +the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first. transfer.unpackLimit:: When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are @@ -2525,20 +2713,23 @@ uploadarchive.allowUnreachable:: `false`. uploadpack.hideRefs:: - String(s) `upload-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit - from its initial advertisement. Use more than one - definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that - are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this - variable is excluded, and is hidden from `git ls-remote`, - `git fetch`, etc. An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git - fetch` will fail. See also `uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant`. - -uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant:: + This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies + only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes). + An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See + also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`. + +uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant:: When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected). see also `uploadpack.hideRefs`. +uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant:: + Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an + object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that + calculating object reachability is computationally expensive. + Defaults to `false`. + uploadpack.keepAlive:: When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally |