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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 015346c417..5e5c2ae5fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -350,16 +350,19 @@ core.checkStat:: all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime. core.quotePath:: - The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', - 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote - "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the - pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the - same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this - variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are - not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double - quote, backslash and control characters are always - quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this - variable. + Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will + quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the + pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with + backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g. + `\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with + values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in + UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than + 0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes, + backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless + of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is + not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames + completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value + is true. core.eol:: Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for @@ -1402,6 +1405,12 @@ gc.autoDetach:: Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background if the system supports it. Default is true. +gc.logExpiry:: + If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run + unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is + "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its + value. + gc.packRefs:: Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb @@ -1919,7 +1928,10 @@ http.<url>.*:: must match exactly between the config key and the URL. . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`). - This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL. + This field must match between the config key and the URL. It is + possible to specify a `*` as part of the host name to match all subdomains + at this level. `https://*.example.com/` for example would match + `https://foo.example.com/`, but not `https://foo.bar.example.com/`. . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`). This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL. @@ -1954,6 +1966,17 @@ Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching. +ssh.variant:: + Depending on the value of the environment variables `GIT_SSH` or + `GIT_SSH_COMMAND`, or the config setting `core.sshCommand`, Git + auto-detects whether to adjust its command-line parameters for use + with plink or tortoiseplink, as opposed to the default (OpenSSH). ++ +The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this auto-detection; +valid values are `ssh`, `plink`, `putty` or `tortoiseplink`. Any other value +will be treated as normal ssh. This setting can be overridden via the +environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`. + i18n.commitEncoding:: Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when |