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@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ 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] and in
+ the template shown when writing commit messages in
+ linkgit:git-commit[1].
commitBeforeMerge::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
@@ -210,6 +211,15 @@ 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
@@ -483,7 +493,9 @@ 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
@@ -498,7 +510,9 @@ 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
@@ -880,7 +894,7 @@ 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.
@@ -1720,6 +1734,7 @@ 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
@@ -1739,12 +1754,13 @@ 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