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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index ffa06366f5..273b358069 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -139,6 +139,51 @@ core.autocrlf:: "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is decided purely based on the contents. +core.safecrlf:: + If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by + `core.autocrlf` is reversible. Git will verify if a command + modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly. + For example, committing a file followed by checking out the + same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If + this is not the case for the current setting of + `core.autocrlf`, git will reject the file. The variable can + be set to "warn", in which case git will only warn about an + irreversible conversion but continue the operation. ++ +CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data. +autocrlf=true will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to +CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and +CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by git. For text +files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings +such that we have only LF line endings in the repository. +But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the +conversion can corrupt data. ++ +If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by +setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right +after committing you still have the original file in your work +tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell +git that this file is binary and git will handle the file +appropriately. ++ +Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with +mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary +files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed +in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing +to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files +converting CRLFs corrupts data. ++ +Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a +file identical to the original file for a different setting of +`core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For example, a text +file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.autocrlf=input` and could +later be checked out with `core.autocrlf=true`, in which case the +resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file +contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be +consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A +file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf` +mechanism. + core.symlinks:: If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and @@ -308,6 +353,10 @@ core.whitespace:: error (enabled by default). * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more space characters as an error (not enabled by default). +* `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as + part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space` + does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return + is not a whitespace (not enabled by default). alias.*:: Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. @@ -330,10 +379,14 @@ apply.whitespace:: branch.autosetupmerge:: Tells `git-branch` and `git-checkout` to setup new branches - so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that - remote branch. Note that even if this option is not set, + so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the + starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set, this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` - and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to true. + and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no + automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the + starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is + done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote + branch. This option defaults to true. branch.<name>.remote:: When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch. @@ -368,6 +421,11 @@ branch.<name>.rebase:: it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details). +browser.<tool>.cmd:: + Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The + specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed + as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].) + browser.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool that may be used to browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a @@ -445,6 +503,13 @@ color.status.<slot>:: commit.template:: Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages. +color.ui:: + When set to `always`, always use colors in all git commands which + are capable of colored output. When false (or `never`), never. When + set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is to the + terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always + take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false. + diff.autorefreshindex:: When using `git diff` to compare with work tree files, do not consider stat-only change as changed. @@ -497,6 +562,11 @@ format.suffix:: `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to include the dot if you want it). +format.pretty:: + The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command, + See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], + linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]. + gc.aggressiveWindow:: The window size parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults @@ -513,7 +583,7 @@ gc.autopacklimit:: When there are more than this many packs that are not marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The - default value is 20. Setting this to 0 disables it. + default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it. gc.packrefs:: `git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by @@ -526,6 +596,10 @@ gc.packrefs:: at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from `git gc`. +gc.pruneexpire:: + When `git gc` is run, it will call `prune --expire 2.weeks.ago`. + Override the grace period with this config variable. + gc.reflogexpire:: `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than this time; defaults to 90 days. @@ -588,6 +662,13 @@ gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass:: 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). +gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix:: + Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any + database tables used, allowing a single database to be used + for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see + linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic + characters will be replaced with underscores. + All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method' is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given @@ -684,14 +765,20 @@ log.showroot:: Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default. +man.viewer:: + Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the + 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1]. + merge.summary:: Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created merge commit messages. False by default. merge.tool:: Controls which merge resolution program is used by - linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff", - "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and "opendiff". + linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3", + "tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and + "opendiff". Any other value is treated is custom merge tool + and there must be a corresponing mergetool.<tool>.cmd option. merge.verbosity:: Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge @@ -718,6 +805,31 @@ mergetool.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case your tool is not in the PATH. +mergetool.<tool>.cmd:: + Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The + specified command is evaluated in shell with the following + variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file + containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available; + 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of + the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary + file containing the contents of the file from the branch being + merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge + tool should write the results of a successful merge. + +mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode:: + For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of + the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was + successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file + timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful + if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to + indicate the success of the merge. + +mergetool.keepBackup:: + After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers + can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable + is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to + `true` (i.e. keep the backup files). + pack.window:: The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10. @@ -757,6 +869,8 @@ pack.threads:: warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window is however multiplied by the number of threads. + Specifying 0 will cause git to auto-detect the number of CPU's + and set the number of threads accordingly. pack.indexVersion:: Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for @@ -767,6 +881,12 @@ pack.indexVersion:: whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB. Otherwise the default is 1. +pack.packSizeLimit:: + The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects + packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It + can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of + linkgit:git-repack[1]. + pull.octopus:: The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches at once. @@ -836,6 +956,17 @@ tar.umask:: archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and linkgit:git-archive[1]. +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 + large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple + access methods, and some users need to use different access + methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the + equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to + the best alternative for the particular user, even for a + never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one + insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used. + user.email:: Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and |