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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index b49feb582e..bf8f911e1f 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -159,9 +159,11 @@ advice.*:: specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and it resulted in a non-fast-forward error. statusHints:: - Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the - output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown - when writing commit messages. + Show directions on how to proceed from the current + state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in + the template shown when writing commit messages in + linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown + by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch. commitBeforeMerge:: Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to merge to avoid overwriting local changes. @@ -213,6 +215,15 @@ 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. +core.precomposeunicode:: + This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of git. + When core.precomposeunicode=true, git reverts the unicode decomposition + of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository + between Mac OS and Linux or Windows. + (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or git under cygwin 1.7). + When false, file names are handled fully transparent by git, + which is backward compatible with older versions of git. + core.trustctime:: If false, the ctime differences between the index and the working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time @@ -486,7 +497,9 @@ core.excludesfile:: '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns of files which are not meant to be tracked. "`~/`" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the specified user's - home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. + home directory. Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. + If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore + is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. core.askpass:: Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively @@ -501,7 +514,9 @@ core.attributesfile:: In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and '.git/info/attributes', git looks into this file for attributes (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same - way as for `core.excludesfile`. + way as for `core.excludesfile`. Its default value is + $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not + set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead. core.editor:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit @@ -524,14 +539,14 @@ core.pager:: `LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately, these settings can be overridden on a project or global basis by setting the `core.pager` option. - Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS` + Setting `core.pager` has no effect on the `LESS` environment variable behaviour above, so if you want to override git's default settings this way, you need to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager` - to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the - shell by git, which will translate the final command to - `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`. + to `less -+S`. This will be passed to the shell by + git, which will translate the final command to + `LESS=FRSX less -+S`. core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to @@ -545,8 +560,9 @@ core.whitespace:: * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an 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). +* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space + characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by + default). * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an error (not enabled by default). * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error @@ -883,7 +899,7 @@ column.ui:: make equal size columns -- + - This option defaults to 'never'. +This option defaults to 'never'. column.branch:: Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns. @@ -947,12 +963,6 @@ difftool.<tool>.cmd:: difftool.prompt:: Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. -diff.wordRegex:: - A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word" - when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character - sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other - characters are *ignorable* whitespace. - fetch.recurseSubmodules:: This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'. Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to @@ -1196,8 +1206,16 @@ gitweb.snapshot:: grep.lineNumber:: If set to true, enable '-n' 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', + '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the + value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior. + grep.extendedRegexp:: - If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. + If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This + option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value + other than 'default'. gpg.program:: Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when @@ -1723,6 +1741,7 @@ push.default:: no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command line. Possible values are: + +-- * `nothing` - do not push anything. * `matching` - push all branches having the same name in both ends. This is for those who prepare all the branches into a publishable @@ -1742,12 +1761,13 @@ push.default:: option and is well-suited for beginners. It will become the default in Git 2.0. * `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name. - + - The `simple`, `current` and `upstream` modes are for those who want to - push out a single branch after finishing work, even when the other - branches are not yet ready to be pushed out. If you are working with - other people to push into the same shared repository, you would want - to use one of these. +-- ++ +The `simple`, `current` and `upstream` modes are for those who want to +push out a single branch after finishing work, even when the other +branches are not yet ready to be pushed out. If you are working with +other people to push into the same shared repository, you would want +to use one of these. rebase.stat:: Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last |