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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 3c0c48478e..536b6e624a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -308,6 +308,15 @@ core.trustctime:: crawlers and some backup systems). See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default. +core.untrackedCache:: + Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the + index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to + `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And + it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before + setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working + properly on your system. + See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default. + core.checkStat:: Determines which stat fields to match between the index and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or @@ -609,6 +618,23 @@ core.attributesFile:: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead. +core.hooksPath:: + By default Git will look for your hooks in the + '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path, + e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in + that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of + in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'. ++ +The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is +taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see +the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]). ++ +This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to +centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a +per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized +alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed +default hooks. + core.editor:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit messages by launching an editor uses the value of this @@ -870,6 +896,8 @@ 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 the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode. ++ *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details). @@ -1102,8 +1130,9 @@ commit.template:: credential.helper:: Specify an external helper to be called when a username or password credential is needed; the helper may consult external - storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. See - linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details. + storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note + that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] + for details. credential.useHttpPath:: When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http @@ -1122,6 +1151,9 @@ 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:: @@ -1240,6 +1272,10 @@ format.coverLetter:: format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch. +format.outputDirectory:: + Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the + current working directory. + filter.<driver>.clean:: The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for @@ -1447,6 +1483,14 @@ grep.extendedRegexp:: option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value other than 'default'. +grep.threads:: + Number of grep worker threads to use. + See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information. + +grep.fallbackToNoIndex:: + If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep + is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false. + gpg.program:: Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the @@ -1593,9 +1637,46 @@ help.htmlPath:: http.proxy:: Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy', - 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see - `curl(1)`). This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see - remote.<name>.proxy + 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In + addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a + proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will + attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See + linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is + '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden + on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy + +http.proxyAuthMethod:: + Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This + only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part + (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be + overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`. + Both can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD' environment + variable. Possible values are: ++ +-- +* `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is + assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407 + status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported + authentication methods. This is the default. +* `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication +* `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being + transmitted to the proxy in clear text +* `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option + of `curl(1)`) +* `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`) +-- + +http.emptyAuth:: + Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This + can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying + a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for + authentication. + +http.extraHeader:: + Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If + more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra + headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system + config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list. http.cookieFile:: The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines, @@ -1677,6 +1758,14 @@ http.sslCAPath:: with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable. +http.pinnedpubkey:: + Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of + a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with + 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the + public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will + exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by + cURL. + http.sslTry:: Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed @@ -1822,6 +1911,14 @@ interactive.singleKey:: setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey. +interactive.diffFilter:: + When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows + a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell + command defined by this configuration variable. The command may + mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it + retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the + original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering). + log.abbrevCommit:: If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may @@ -1830,9 +1927,7 @@ 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 @@ -2074,7 +2169,7 @@ pack.indexVersion:: larger than 2 GB. + If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file, -cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync") +cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http") that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however, @@ -2085,8 +2180,11 @@ pack.packSizeLimit:: The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size` - option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is - limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited. + option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results + in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents + bitmaps from being created. + The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB. + The default is unlimited. Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. @@ -2149,6 +2247,8 @@ 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 the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode. ++ *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details). @@ -2229,6 +2329,20 @@ push.gpgSign:: 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 rebase. False by default. @@ -2393,6 +2507,11 @@ remote.<name>.proxy:: the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to disable proxying for that remote. +remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod:: + For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for + authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in + `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`. + remote.<name>.fetch:: The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See linkgit:git-fetch[1]. @@ -2465,8 +2584,9 @@ repack.writeBitmaps:: objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk - space and extra time spent on the initial repack. Defaults to - false. + space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has + no effect if multiple packfiles are created. + Defaults to false. rerere.autoUpdate:: When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the @@ -2594,6 +2714,16 @@ 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 @@ -2636,6 +2766,17 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore:: "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not affected by this setting. +submodule.fetchJobs:: + Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time. + A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched + in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default. + If unset, it defaults to 1. + +tag.forceSignAnnotated:: + A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed. + If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes + precedence over this option. + tag.sort:: This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the @@ -2666,6 +2807,15 @@ 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 @@ -2742,6 +2892,16 @@ user.name:: Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. +user.useConfigOnly:: + Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for 'user.email' + and 'user.name', and instead retrieve the values only from the + configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses + and would like to use a different one for each repository, then + with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config + along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before + making new commits in a newly cloned repository. + Defaults to `false`. + user.signingKey:: If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or |