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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 978deecfee..95ad715a44 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -344,6 +344,16 @@ advice.*:: Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create a local branch after the fact. + checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName:: + Advice shown when the argument to + linkgit:git-checkout[1] ambiguously resolves to a + remote tracking branch on more than one remote in + situations where an unambiguous argument would have + otherwise caused a remote-tracking branch to be + checked out. See the `checkout.defaultRemote` + configuration variable for how to set a given remote + to used by default in some situations where this + advice would be printed. amWorkDir:: Advice that shows the location of the patch file when linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it. @@ -354,7 +364,7 @@ advice.*:: Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one git repo inside of another. ignoredHook:: - Advice shown if an hook is ignored because the hook is not + Advice shown if a hook is ignored because the hook is not set as executable. waitingForEditor:: Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for @@ -390,16 +400,19 @@ core.hideDotFiles:: default mode is 'dotGitOnly'. core.ignoreCase:: - If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable + Internal variable which 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 + like APFS, HFS+, FAT, NTFS, etc. 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. ++ +Git relies on the proper configuration of this variable for your operating +and file system. Modifying this value may result in unexpected behavior. core.precomposeUnicode:: This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git. @@ -911,6 +924,11 @@ gc.commitGraph:: required. Default is false. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for details. +core.useReplaceRefs:: + If set to `false`, behave as if the `--no-replace-objects` + option was given on the command line. See linkgit:git[1] and + linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information. + core.sparseCheckout:: Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information. @@ -977,23 +995,28 @@ apply.whitespace:: Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. -blame.showRoot:: - Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1]. - This option defaults to false. - blame.blankBoundary:: Show blank commit object name for boundary commits in linkgit:git-blame[1]. This option defaults to false. -blame.showEmail:: - Show the author email instead of author name in linkgit:git-blame[1]. - This option defaults to false. +blame.coloring:: + This determines the coloring scheme to be applied to blame + output. It can be 'repeatedLines', 'highlightRecent', + or 'none' which is the default. blame.date:: Specifies the format used to output dates in linkgit:git-blame[1]. If unset the iso format is used. For supported values, see the discussion of the `--date` option at linkgit:git-log[1]. +blame.showEmail:: + Show the author email instead of author name in linkgit:git-blame[1]. + This option defaults to false. + +blame.showRoot:: + Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1]. + This option defaults to false. + branch.autoSetupMerge:: Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the @@ -1101,6 +1124,22 @@ browser.<tool>.path:: browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]). +checkout.defaultRemote:: + When you run 'git checkout <something>' and only have one + remote, it may implicitly fall back on checking out and + tracking e.g. 'origin/<something>'. This stops working as soon + as you have more than one remote with a '<something>' + reference. This setting allows for setting the name of a + preferred remote that should always win when it comes to + disambiguation. The typical use-case is to set this to + `origin`. ++ +Currently this is used by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when 'git checkout +<something>' will checkout the '<something>' branch on another remote, +and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when 'git worktree add' refers to a +remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like +commands or functionality in the future. + clean.requireForce:: A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f, -i or -n. Defaults to true. @@ -1115,6 +1154,28 @@ color.advice:: color.advice.hint:: Use customized color for hints. +color.blame.highlightRecent:: + This can be used to color the metadata of a blame line depending + on age of the line. ++ +This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and date settings, +starting and ending with a color, the dates should be set from oldest to newest. +The metadata will be colored given the colors if the the line was introduced +before the given timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors. ++ +Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, e.g. +2.weeks.ago is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks. ++ +It defaults to 'blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red', which colors +everything older than one year blue, recent changes between one month and +one year old are kept white, and lines introduced within the last month are +colored red. + +color.blame.repeatedLines:: + Use the customized color for the part of git-blame output that + is repeated meta information per line (such as commit id, + author name, date and timezone). Defaults to cyan. + color.branch:: A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`, @@ -1149,6 +1210,11 @@ diff.colorMoved:: true the default color mode will be used. When set to false, moved lines are not colored. +diff.colorMovedWS:: + When moved lines are colored using e.g. the `diff.colorMoved` setting, + this option controls the `<mode>` how spaces are treated + for details of valid modes see '--color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. + color.diff.<slot>:: Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one @@ -1185,8 +1251,10 @@ color.grep.<slot>:: filename prefix (when not using `-h`) `function`;; function name lines (when using `-p`) -`linenumber`;; +`lineNumber`;; line number prefix (when using `-n`) +`column`;; + column number prefix (when using `--column`) `match`;; matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`) `matchContext`;; @@ -1255,33 +1323,6 @@ color.status.<slot>:: status short-format), or `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes). -color.blame.repeatedLines:: - Use the customized color for the part of git-blame output that - is repeated meta information per line (such as commit id, - author name, date and timezone). Defaults to cyan. - -color.blame.highlightRecent:: - This can be used to color the metadata of a blame line depending - on age of the line. -+ -This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and date settings, -starting and ending with a color, the dates should be set from oldest to newest. -The metadata will be colored given the colors if the the line was introduced -before the given timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors. -+ -Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, e.g. -2.weeks.ago is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks. -+ -It defaults to 'blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red', which colors -everything older than one year blue, recent changes between one month and -one year old are kept white, and lines introduced within the last month are -colored red. - -blame.coloring:: - This determines the coloring scheme to be applied to blame - output. It can be 'repeatedLines', 'highlightRecent', - or 'none' which is the default. - color.transport:: A boolean to enable/disable color when pushes are rejected. May be set to `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which @@ -1461,10 +1502,19 @@ fetch.recurseSubmodules:: fetch.fsckObjects:: If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched - objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a - broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects. - Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects` - is used instead. + objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's + checked. Defaults to false. If not set, the value of + `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead. + +fetch.fsck.<msg-id>:: + Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by + linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1] instead of linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See + the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for details. + +fetch.fsck.skipList:: + Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by + linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1] instead of linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See + the `fsck.skipList` documentation for details. fetch.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects fetched over the Git native @@ -1495,6 +1545,18 @@ fetch.output:: `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail. +fetch.negotiationAlgorithm:: + Control how information about the commits in the local repository is + sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by the + server. Set to "skipping" to use an algorithm that skips commits in an + effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary + packfile; The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm + that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one + of its descendants). + Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out. ++ +See also the `--negotiation-tip` option for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. + format.attach:: Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string @@ -1594,15 +1656,42 @@ filter.<driver>.smudge:: 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. + During fsck git may find issues with legacy data which + wouldn't be generated by current versions of git, and which + wouldn't be sent over the wire if `transfer.fsckObjects` was + set. This feature is intended to support working with legacy + repositories containing such data. ++ +Setting `fsck.<msg-id>` will be picked up by linkgit:git-fsck[1], but +to accept pushes of such data set `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` instead, or +to clone or fetch it set `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>`. ++ +The rest of the documentation discusses `fsck.*` for brevity, but the +same applies for the corresponding `receive.fsck.*` and +`fetch.<msg-id>.*`. variables. ++ +Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor` the +`receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>` variables will not +fall back on the `fsck.<msg-id>` configuration if they aren't set. To +uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances +all three of them they must all set to the same values. ++ +When `fsck.<msg-id>` is set, errors can be switched to warnings and +vice versa by configuring the `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 `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will +hide that issue. ++ +In general, it is better to enumerate existing objects with problems +with `fsck.skipList`, instead of listing the kind of breakages these +problematic objects share to be ignored, as doing the latter will +allow new instances of the same breakages go unnoticed. ++ +Setting an unknown `fsck.<msg-id>` value will cause fsck to die, but +doing the same for `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>` +will only cause git to warn. fsck.skipList:: The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per @@ -1611,6 +1700,15 @@ fsck.skipList:: 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. ++ +Like `fsck.<msg-id>` this variable has corresponding +`receive.fsck.skipList` and `fetch.fsck.skipList` variants. ++ +Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor` the +`receive.fsck.skipList` and `fetch.fsck.skipList` variables will not +fall back on the `fsck.skipList` configuration if they aren't set. To +uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances +all three of them they must all set to the same values. gc.aggressiveDepth:: The depth parameter used in the delta compression @@ -1801,6 +1899,9 @@ gitweb.snapshot:: grep.lineNumber:: If set to true, enable `-n` option by default. +grep.column:: + If set to true, enable the `--column` option by default. + grep.patternType:: Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended', 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`, @@ -1831,6 +1932,16 @@ gpg.program:: signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its standard output. +gpg.format:: + Specifies which key format to use when signing with `--gpg-sign`. + Default is "openpgp" and another possible value is "x509". + +gpg.<format>.program:: + Use this to customize the program used for the signing format you + chose. (see `gpg.program` and `gpg.format`) `gpg.program` can still + be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default + value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm". + gui.commitMsgWidth:: Defines how wide the commit message window is in the linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default. @@ -2884,32 +2995,21 @@ receive.certNonceSlop:: receive.fsckObjects:: If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received - objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a - broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects. - Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects` - is used instead. + objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's checked. + 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. + Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by + linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of + linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for + details. 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. + Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by + linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of + linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.skipList` documentation for + details. receive.keepAlive:: After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may @@ -3331,12 +3431,13 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore:: submodule.<name>.active:: Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git commands. This config option takes precedence over the - submodule.active config option. + submodule.active config option. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for + details. submodule.active:: A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git - commands. + commands. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details. submodule.recurse:: Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This @@ -3383,6 +3484,40 @@ transfer.fsckObjects:: When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are not set, the value of this variable is used instead. Defaults to false. ++ +When set, the fetch or receive will abort in the case of a malformed +object or a link to a nonexistent object. In addition, various other +issues are checked for, including legacy issues (see `fsck.<msg-id>`), +and potential security issues like the existence of a `.GIT` directory +or a malicious `.gitmodules` file (see the release notes for v2.2.1 +and v2.17.1 for details). Other sanity and security checks may be +added in future releases. ++ +On the receiving side, failing fsckObjects will make those objects +unreachable, see "QUARANTINE ENVIRONMENT" in +linkgit:git-receive-pack[1]. On the fetch side, malformed objects will +instead be left unreferenced in the repository. ++ +Due to the non-quarantine nature of the `fetch.fsckObjects` +implementation it can not be relied upon to leave the object store +clean like `receive.fsckObjects` can. ++ +As objects are unpacked they're written to the object store, so there +can be cases where malicious objects get introduced even though the +"fetch" failed, only to have a subsequent "fetch" succeed because only +new incoming objects are checked, not those that have already been +written to the object store. That difference in behavior should not be +relied upon. In the future, such objects may be quarantined for +"fetch" as well. ++ +For now, the paranoid need to find some way to emulate the quarantine +environment if they'd like the same protection as "push". E.g. in the +case of an internal mirror do the mirroring in two steps, one to fetch +the untrusted objects, and then do a second "push" (which will use the +quarantine) to another internal repo, and have internal clients +consume this pushed-to repository, or embargo internal fetches and +only allow them once a full "fsck" has run (and no new fetches have +happened in the meantime). transfer.hideRefs:: String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which @@ -3483,6 +3618,13 @@ Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from untrusted repositories). +uploadpack.allowRefInWant:: + If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support the `ref-in-want` + feature of the protocol version 2 `fetch` command. This feature + is intended for the benefit of load-balanced servers which may + not have the same view of what OIDs their refs point to due to + replication delay. + url.<base>.insteadOf:: Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a |