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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 9fba453f23..e55dae1806 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ customary UNIX fashion. Some variables may require a special value format. +Includes +~~~~~~~~ + +You can include one config file from another by setting the special +`include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The +included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been +found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the +`include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be +relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was +found. See below for examples. + Example ~~~~~~~ @@ -106,6 +117,10 @@ Example gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org" gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest + [include] + path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path + path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file + Variables ~~~~~~~~~ @@ -674,10 +689,12 @@ branch.<name>.mergeoptions:: branch.<name>.rebase:: When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch, instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when - "git pull" is run. - *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use - it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] - for details). + "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non + branch-specific manner. ++ +*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use +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 @@ -829,6 +846,29 @@ commit.template:: "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's home directory. +credential.helper:: + Specify an external helper to be called when a username or + password credential is needed; the helper may consult external + storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. See + linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details. + +credential.useHttpPath:: + When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http + or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See + linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. + +credential.username:: + If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username + by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and + linkgit:gitcredentials[7]. + +credential.<url>.*:: + Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to + some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username" + would set the default username only for https connections to + example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are + matched. + include::diff-config.txt[] difftool.<tool>.path:: @@ -1098,6 +1138,17 @@ grep.lineNumber:: grep.extendedRegexp:: If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. +gpg.program:: + Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when + making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the + same command line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached + signature, "gpg --verify $file - <$signature" is run, and the + program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with + code 0, and to generate an ascii-armored detached signature, the + standard input of "gpg -bsau $key" is fed with the contents to be + signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its + standard output. + gui.commitmsgwidth:: Defines how wide the commit message window is in the linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default. @@ -1587,6 +1638,16 @@ pretty.<name>:: Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format will be silently ignored. +pull.rebase:: + When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead + of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git + pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a + per-branch basis. ++ +*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use +it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] +for details). + pull.octopus:: The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches at once. |