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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index d1e2120e15..a8e0876a2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -126,12 +126,20 @@ advice.*:: Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown when writing commit messages. Default: true. + commitBeforeMerge:: + Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to + merge to avoid overwritting local changes. + Default: true. -- core.fileMode:: If false, the executable bit differences between the index and the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT. - See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default. + See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. ++ +The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the +repository is created. core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks:: This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false, @@ -144,6 +152,18 @@ core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks:: is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode. +core.ignorecase:: + If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable + git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, + like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds + "makefile" when git expects "Makefile", git will assume + it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as + "Makefile". ++ +The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository +is created. + core.trustctime:: If false, the ctime differences between the index and the working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time @@ -169,9 +189,10 @@ core.autocrlf:: writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to 'input', in which case the conversion happens only while reading from the filesystem but files are written out with - `LF` at the end of lines. Currently, which paths to consider - "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is - decided purely based on the contents. + `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered + "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on + the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified, + based on the file's contents. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]. core.safecrlf:: If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by @@ -223,7 +244,11 @@ core.symlinks:: contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support - symbolic links. True by default. + symbolic links. ++ +The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository +is created. core.gitProxy:: A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead @@ -380,16 +405,15 @@ 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. See - linkgit:gitignore[5]. + of files which are not meant to be tracked. "{tilde}/" is expanded + to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's + home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. core.editor:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit messages by launching an editor uses the value of this variable when it is set, and the environment variable - `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. The order of preference is - `GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and - `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`. + `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. core.pager:: The command that git will use to paginate output. Can @@ -458,6 +482,19 @@ On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable. Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten. +core.notesRef:: + When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in + the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named + after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate. ++ +If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and +appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line. If the +given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no +notes should be printed. ++ +This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by +the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. + add.ignore-errors:: Tells 'git-add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors' @@ -670,6 +707,8 @@ color.ui:: commit.template:: Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages. + "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the + specified user's home directory. diff.autorefreshindex:: When using 'git-diff' to compare with work tree @@ -1093,6 +1132,14 @@ http.maxRequests:: How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5. +http.postBuffer:: + Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP + transports when POSTing data to the remote system. + For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and + Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a + massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is + sufficient for most requests. + http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime:: If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit' for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted. @@ -1360,7 +1407,7 @@ receive.denyCurrentBranch:: receive.denyNonFastForwards:: If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is - not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push, + not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push, even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is set when initializing a shared repository. @@ -1394,7 +1441,13 @@ remote.<name>.mirror:: remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate:: If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating - using the update subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1]. + using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of + linkgit:git-remote[1]. + +remote.<name>.skipFetchAll:: + If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating + using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of + linkgit:git-remote[1]. remote.<name>.receivepack:: The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See |