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@@ -374,6 +374,15 @@ core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
+core.abbrevguard::
+ Even though git makes sure that it uses enough hexdigits to show
+ an abbreviated object name unambiguously, as more objects are
+ added to the repository over time, a short name that used to be
+ unique will stop being unique. Git uses this many extra hexdigits
+ that are more than necessary to make the object name currently
+ unique, in the hope that its output will stay unique a bit longer.
+ Defaults to 0.
+
core.compression::
An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
-1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
@@ -554,9 +563,13 @@ core.sparseCheckout::
linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
add.ignore-errors::
+add.ignoreErrors::
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].
+ option of linkgit:git-add[1]. Older versions of git accept only
+ `add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming
+ convention for configuration variables. Newer versions of git
+ honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well.
alias.*::
Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
@@ -1532,11 +1545,13 @@ pack.packSizeLimit::
supported.
pager.<cmd>::
- Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a
- 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`.
+ If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
+ output of a particular git subcommand when writing to a tty.
+ Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
+ pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. 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`.
pretty.<name>::
Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in