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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index d87846faa6..6ba50b1104 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ CONFIGURATION FILE The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect the Git commands' behavior. The files `.git/config` and optionally -`config.worktree` (see `extensions.worktreeConfig` below) in each -repository are used to store the configuration for that repository, and -`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as -fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` -can be used to store a system-wide default configuration. +`config.worktree` (see the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of +linkgit:git-worktree[1]) in each repository are used to store the +configuration for that repository, and `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to +store a per-user configuration as fallback values for the `.git/config` +file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` can be used to store a system-wide +default configuration. The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein @@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by -ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are +ending it with a `\`; the backslash and the end-of-line are stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in @@ -142,7 +143,21 @@ refer to linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. For convenience: `gitdir/i`:: This is the same as `gitdir` except that matching is done - case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file sytems) + case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file systems) + +`onbranch`:: + The data that follows the keyword `onbranch:` is taken to be a + pattern with standard globbing wildcards and two additional + ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components. + If we are in a worktree where the name of the branch that is + currently checked out matches the pattern, the include condition + is met. ++ +If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For +example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it matches +all branches that begin with `foo/`. This is useful if your branches are +organized hierarchically and you would like to apply a configuration to +all the branches in that hierarchy. A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`: @@ -164,47 +179,54 @@ to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions. Example ~~~~~~~ - # Core variables - [core] - ; Don't trust file modes - filemode = false - - # Our diff algorithm - [diff] - external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper - renames = true - - [branch "devel"] - remote = origin - merge = refs/heads/devel - - # Proxy settings - [core] - gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org" - gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest - - [include] - path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path - path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file - path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory - - ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git - [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"] - path = /path/to/foo.inc - - ; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group - [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"] - path = /path/to/foo.inc - - ; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group - [includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"] - path = /path/to/foo.inc - - ; relative paths are always relative to the including - ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not - ; affected by the condition - [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"] - path = foo.inc +---- +# Core variables +[core] + ; Don't trust file modes + filemode = false + +# Our diff algorithm +[diff] + external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper + renames = true + +[branch "devel"] + remote = origin + merge = refs/heads/devel + +# Proxy settings +[core] + gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org" + gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest + +[include] + path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path + path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file + path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory + +; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git +[includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"] + path = /path/to/foo.inc + +; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group +[includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"] + path = /path/to/foo.inc + +; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group +[includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"] + path = /path/to/foo.inc + +; relative paths are always relative to the including +; file (if the condition is true); their location is not +; affected by the condition +[includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"] + path = foo.inc + +; include only if we are in a worktree where foo-branch is +; currently checked out +[includeIf "onbranch:foo-branch"] + path = foo.inc +---- Values ~~~~~~ @@ -242,7 +264,9 @@ color:: + The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the -foreground; the second is the background. +foreground; the second is the background. All the basic colors except +`normal` have a bright variant that can be specified by prefixing the +color with `bright`, like `brightred`. + Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If @@ -310,12 +334,16 @@ include::config/checkout.txt[] include::config/clean.txt[] +include::config/clone.txt[] + include::config/color.txt[] include::config/column.txt[] include::config/commit.txt[] +include::config/commitgraph.txt[] + include::config/credential.txt[] include::config/completion.txt[] @@ -324,8 +352,12 @@ include::config/diff.txt[] include::config/difftool.txt[] +include::config/extensions.txt[] + include::config/fastimport.txt[] +include::config/feature.txt[] + include::config/fetch.txt[] include::config/format.txt[] @@ -370,6 +402,8 @@ include::config/mailinfo.txt[] include::config/mailmap.txt[] +include::config/maintenance.txt[] + include::config/man.txt[] include::config/merge.txt[] @@ -422,6 +456,10 @@ include::config/submodule.txt[] include::config/tag.txt[] +include::config/tar.txt[] + +include::config/trace2.txt[] + include::config/transfer.txt[] include::config/uploadarchive.txt[] |