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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index eb66a11975..552827935a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ boolean:: false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`, `0` and the empty string. + -When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type +When converting a value to its canonical form using the `--type=bool` type specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" (spelled in lowercase). @@ -616,6 +616,24 @@ core.preferSymlinkRefs:: This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that expect HEAD to be a symbolic link. +core.alternateRefsCommand:: + When advertising tips of available history from an alternate, use the shell to + execute the specified command instead of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. The + first argument is the absolute path of the alternate. Output must contain one + hex object id per line (i.e., the same as produce by `git for-each-ref + --format='%(objectname)'`). ++ +Note that you cannot generally put `git for-each-ref` directly into the config +value, as it does not take a repository path as an argument (but you can wrap +the command above in a shell script). + +core.alternateRefsPrefixes:: + When listing references from an alternate, list only references that begin + with the given prefix. Prefixes match as if they were given as arguments to + linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. To list multiple prefixes, separate them with + whitespace. If `core.alternateRefsCommand` is set, setting + `core.alternateRefsPrefixes` has no effect. + core.bare:: If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no working directory associated with it. If this is the case a @@ -832,12 +850,6 @@ core.packedRefsTimeout:: all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e., retry for 1 second). -sequence.editor:: - Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file. - The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used. - It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable. - When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead. - core.pager:: Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference @@ -937,6 +949,11 @@ core.useReplaceRefs:: option was given on the command line. See linkgit:git[1] and linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information. +core.multiPackIndex:: + Use the multi-pack-index file to track multiple packfiles using a + single index. See link:technical/multi-pack-index.html[the + multi-pack-index design document]. + core.sparseCheckout:: Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information. @@ -1154,6 +1171,14 @@ and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when 'git worktree add' refers to a remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like commands or functionality in the future. +checkout.optimizeNewBranch:: + Optimizes the performance of "git checkout -b <new_branch>" when + using sparse-checkout. When set to true, git will not update the + repo based on the current sparse-checkout settings. This means it + will not update the skip-worktree bit in the index nor add/remove + files in the working directory to reflect the current sparse checkout + settings nor will it show the local changes. + clean.requireForce:: A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f, -i or -n. Defaults to true. @@ -1507,159 +1532,9 @@ fastimport.unpackLimit:: operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. -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 - unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not - recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default - value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule - when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's - reference. - -fetch.fsckObjects:: - If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched - objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's - checked. Defaults to false. If not set, the value of - `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead. - -fetch.fsck.<msg-id>:: - Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by - linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1] instead of linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See - the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for details. - -fetch.fsck.skipList:: - Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by - linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1] instead of linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See - the `fsck.skipList` documentation for details. - -fetch.unpackLimit:: - If the number of objects fetched over the Git native - transfer is below this - limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object - files. However if the number of received objects equals or - exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as - a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the - pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster, - especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of - `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. - -fetch.prune:: - If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune` - option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune` - and the PRUNING section of linkgit:git-fetch[1]. - -fetch.pruneTags:: - If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the - `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*` refspec was provided when pruning, - if not set already. This allows for setting both this option - and `fetch.prune` to maintain a 1=1 mapping to upstream - refs. See also `remote.<name>.pruneTags` and the PRUNING - section of linkgit:git-fetch[1]. - -fetch.output:: - Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are - `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section - OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail. - -fetch.negotiationAlgorithm:: - Control how information about the commits in the local repository is - sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by the - server. Set to "skipping" to use an algorithm that skips commits in an - effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary - packfile; The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm - that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one - of its descendants). - Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out. -+ -See also the `--negotiation-tip` option for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. - -format.attach:: - Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for - 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string - which will enable attachments as the default and set the - value as the boundary. See the --attach option in - linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. - -format.from:: - Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch. - Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false, - format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in - the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to - `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch - mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if - different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that - value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false. - -format.numbered:: - A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch - subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there - is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all - messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered - option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. - -format.headers:: - Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted - by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. - -format.to:: -format.cc:: - Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted - by mail. See the --to and --cc options in - linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. - -format.subjectPrefix:: - The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]' - subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix. - -format.signature:: - The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing - the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default. - Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress - signature generation. - -format.signatureFile:: - Works just like format.signature except the contents of the - file specified by this variable will be used as the signature. - -format.suffix:: - The default for format-patch is to output files with the 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]. - -format.thread:: - The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be - a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading - makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, - where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the - `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. - `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. - A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false - value disables threading. - -format.signOff:: - A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of - format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a - patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have - the rights to submit this work under the same open source license. - Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion. - -format.coverLetter:: - A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when - format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to - generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch. - -format.outputDirectory:: - Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the - current working directory. - -format.useAutoBase:: - A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of - format-patch by default. +include::fetch-config.txt[] + +include::format-config.txt[] filter.<driver>.clean:: The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree @@ -1710,12 +1585,16 @@ doing the same for `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>` will only cause git to warn. fsck.skipList:: - The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per + The path to a list of object names (i.e. one unabbreviated SHA-1 per line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should - be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project - should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that - can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses. - Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting. + be ignored. On versions of Git 2.20 and later comments ('#'), empty + lines, and any leading and trailing whitespace is ignored. Everything + but a SHA-1 per line will error out on older versions. ++ +This feature is useful when an established project should be accepted +despite early commits containing errors that can be safely ignored +such as invalid committer email addresses. Note: corrupt objects +cannot be skipped with this setting. + Like `fsck.<msg-id>` this variable has corresponding `receive.fsck.skipList` and `fetch.fsck.skipList` variants. @@ -1725,6 +1604,15 @@ Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor` the fall back on the `fsck.skipList` configuration if they aren't set. To uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances all three of them they must all set to the same values. ++ +Older versions of Git (before 2.20) documented that the object names +list should be sorted. This was never a requirement, the object names +could appear in any order, but when reading the list we tracked whether +the list was sorted for the purposes of an internal binary search +implementation, which could save itself some work with an already sorted +list. Unless you had a humongous list there was no reason to go out of +your way to pre-sort the list. After Git version 2.20 a hash implementation +is used instead, so there's now no reason to pre-sort the list. gc.aggressiveDepth:: The depth parameter used in the delta compression @@ -1773,7 +1661,8 @@ gc.writeCommitGraph:: for details. gc.logExpiry:: - If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run + If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` will print + its content and exit with status zero instead of running unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its value. @@ -1834,73 +1723,7 @@ gc.rerereUnresolved:: You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc. The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. -gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation:: - Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string - to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator". - -gitcvs.enabled:: - Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository. - See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. - -gitcvs.logFile:: - Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs - various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. - -gitcvs.usecrlfattr:: - If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion - attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If - the attributes force Git to treat a file as text, - the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will - treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file - will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging - the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow - the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is - used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]. - -gitcvs.allBinary:: - This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve - the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all - unresolved files are sent to the client in - mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them - as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it - otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess", - then the contents of the file are examined to decide if - it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`. - -gitcvs.dbName:: - Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information - derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the - used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this - is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see - linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`). - Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite' - -gitcvs.dbDriver:: - Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver - for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested - with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and - reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature. - May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'. - See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. - -gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass:: - Database user and password. Only useful if setting `gitcvs.dbDriver`, - since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords. - '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.usecrlfattr` and -`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 -access method. +include::gitcvs-config.txt[] gitweb.category:: gitweb.description:: @@ -1965,63 +1788,7 @@ gpg.<format>.program:: be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm". -gui.commitMsgWidth:: - Defines how wide the commit message window is in the - linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default. - -gui.diffContext:: - Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff - made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5". - -gui.displayUntracked:: - Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files - in the file list. The default is "true". - -gui.encoding:: - Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of - file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1]. - It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute - for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). - If this option is not set, the tools default to the - locale encoding. - -gui.matchTrackingBranch:: - Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should - default to tracking remote branches with matching names or - not. Default: "false". - -gui.newBranchTemplate:: - Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the - linkgit:git-gui[1]. - -gui.pruneDuringFetch:: - "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when - performing a fetch. The default value is "false". - -gui.trustmtime:: - Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification - timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted. - -gui.spellingDictionary:: - Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in - the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned - off. - -gui.fastCopyBlame:: - If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original - location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge - repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection. - -gui.copyBlameThreshold:: - Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location - detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the - linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection. - -gui.blamehistoryctx:: - Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in - linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History - Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this - variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown. +include::gui-config.txt[] guitool.<name>.cmd:: Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item @@ -2400,6 +2167,13 @@ imap:: The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described in linkgit:git-imap-send[1]. +index.threads:: + Specifies the number of threads to spawn when loading the index. + This is meant to reduce index load time on multiprocessor machines. + Specifying 0 or 'true' will cause Git to auto-detect the number of + CPU's and set the number of threads accordingly. Specifying 1 or + 'false' will disable multithreading. Defaults to 'true'. + index.version:: Specify the version with which new index files should be initialized. This does not affect existing repositories. @@ -2671,6 +2445,21 @@ Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option to linkgit:git-repack[1]. +pack.island:: + An extended regular expression configuring a set of delta + islands. See "DELTA ISLANDS" in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] + for details. + +pack.islandCore:: + Specify an island name which gets to have its objects be + packed first. This creates a kind of pseudo-pack at the front + of one pack, so that the objects from the specified island are + hopefully faster to copy into any pack that should be served + to a user requesting these objects. In practice this means + that the island specified should likely correspond to what is + the most commonly cloned in the repo. See also "DELTA ISLANDS" + in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. + pack.deltaCacheSize:: The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack. @@ -2828,284 +2617,17 @@ protocol.version:: * `1` - the original wire protocol with the addition of a version string in the initial response from the server. --- - -pull.ff:: - By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging - a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the - tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`, - this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such - a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command - line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are - allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the - command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling. - -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. -+ -When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase' -so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see -linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details). -+ -When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' -so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened -by running 'git pull'. -+ -When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode. -+ -*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. - -pull.twohead:: - The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch. - -push.default:: - Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is - explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for - specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow - (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination), - `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are: -+ --- - -* `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is - explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to - avoid mistakes by always being explicit. - -* `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same - name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central - workflows. - -* `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose - changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is - called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are - pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from - (i.e. central workflow). - -* `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`. - -* `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an - added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is - different from the local one. -+ -When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally -pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited -for beginners. -+ -This mode has become the default in Git 2.0. - -* `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends. - This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of - branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint' - and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push - to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and - 'master' will be pushed there). -+ -To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the -branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before -running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you -to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work -on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are -unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not -suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other -people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing -branches outside your control. -+ -This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the -new default). +* `2` - link:technical/protocol-v2.html[wire protocol version 2]. -- -push.followTags:: - If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You - may override this configuration at time of push by specifying - `--no-follow-tags`. - -push.gpgSign:: - May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true - value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is - passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes - pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if - `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may - override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit - command-line flag always overrides this config option. - -push.pushOption:: - When no `--push-option=<option>` argument is given from the - command line, `git push` behaves as if each <value> of - this variable is given as `--push-option=<value>`. -+ -This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a -higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a -repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority -configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`). -+ --- - -Example: - -/etc/gitconfig - push.pushoption = a - push.pushoption = b - -~/.gitconfig - push.pushoption = c - -repo/.git/config - push.pushoption = - push.pushoption = b +include::pull-config.txt[] -This will result in only b (a and c are cleared). - --- - -push.recurseSubmodules:: - Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed - are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check' - then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the - revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the - submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and - exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all - submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be - pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions - it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value - is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing - is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by - specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'. +include::push-config.txt[] include::rebase-config.txt[] -receive.advertiseAtomic:: - By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push - capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this - capability, set this variable to false. - -receive.advertisePushOptions:: - When set to true, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options - capability to its clients. False by default. - -receive.autogc:: - By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after - receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop - it by setting this variable to false. - -receive.certNonceSeed:: - By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack` - will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using - a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret - key. - -receive.certNonceSlop:: - When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a - "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same - repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce" - found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the - hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending - side to include). This may allow writing checks in - `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of - checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable - that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to - decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only - can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`. - -receive.fsckObjects:: - If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received - objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's checked. - Defaults to false. If not set, the value of - `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead. - -receive.fsck.<msg-id>:: - Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by - linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of - linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for - details. - -receive.fsck.skipList:: - Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by - linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of - linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.skipList` documentation for - details. - -receive.keepAlive:: - After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may - produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing - the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection. - With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit - any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will - send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set - to 0 to disable keepalives entirely. - -receive.unpackLimit:: - If the number of objects received in a push is below this - limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object - files. However if the number of received objects equals or - exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as - a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the - pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster, - especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of - `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. - -receive.maxInputSize:: - If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this - limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of - accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size - is unlimited. - -receive.denyDeletes:: - If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes - the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push. - -receive.denyDeleteCurrent:: - If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that - deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository. - -receive.denyCurrentBranch:: - If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update - to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository. - Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD - out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn", - print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to - proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no - message. Defaults to "refuse". -+ -Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working -tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is -intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily -accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement -that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when -developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems. -+ -By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or -the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout` -hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5]. - -receive.denyNonFastForwards:: - If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is - not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push, - even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is - set when initializing a shared repository. - -receive.hideRefs:: - This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies - only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches). - An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is - rejected. - -receive.updateServerInfo:: - If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info - after receiving data from git-push and updating refs. - -receive.shallowUpdate:: - If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs - require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected. +include::receive-config.txt[] remote.pushDefault:: The remote to push to by default. Overrides @@ -3205,6 +2727,10 @@ repack.packKeptObjects:: index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or `repack.writeBitmaps`). +repack.useDeltaIslands:: + If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if `--delta-islands` + was passed. Defaults to `false`. + repack.writeBitmaps:: When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This @@ -3227,71 +2753,15 @@ rerere.enabled:: `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the repository. -sendemail.identity:: - A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the - 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over - values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is - the value of `sendemail.identity`. - -sendemail.smtpEncryption:: - See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this - setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism. - -sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated):: - Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'. - -sendemail.smtpsslcertpath:: - Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file). - Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification. - -sendemail.<identity>.*:: - Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters - found below, taking precedence over those when this - identity is selected, through either the command-line or - `sendemail.identity`. - -sendemail.aliasesFile:: -sendemail.aliasFileType:: -sendemail.annotate:: -sendemail.bcc:: -sendemail.cc:: -sendemail.ccCmd:: -sendemail.chainReplyTo:: -sendemail.confirm:: -sendemail.envelopeSender:: -sendemail.from:: -sendemail.multiEdit:: -sendemail.signedoffbycc:: -sendemail.smtpPass:: -sendemail.suppresscc:: -sendemail.suppressFrom:: -sendemail.to:: -sendemail.tocmd:: -sendemail.smtpDomain:: -sendemail.smtpServer:: -sendemail.smtpServerPort:: -sendemail.smtpServerOption:: -sendemail.smtpUser:: -sendemail.thread:: -sendemail.transferEncoding:: -sendemail.validate:: -sendemail.xmailer:: - See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. - -sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated):: - Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`. - -sendemail.smtpBatchSize:: - Number of messages to be sent per connection, after that a relogin - will happen. If the value is 0 or undefined, send all messages in - one connection. - See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1]. - -sendemail.smtpReloginDelay:: - Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server. - See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1]. - -showbranch.default:: +include::sendemail-config.txt[] + +sequence.editor:: + Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file. + The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used. + It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable. + When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead. + +showBranch.default:: The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. See linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. @@ -3403,88 +2873,7 @@ stash.showStat:: option will show diffstat of the stash entry. Defaults to true. See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. -submodule.<name>.url:: - The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules - file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change - the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule - update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are - set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate - whether the submodule is of interest to git commands. - See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. - -submodule.<name>.update:: - The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update', - which is the only affected command, others such as - 'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for - historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to - interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active` - and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by - `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. - See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1]. - -submodule.<name>.branch:: - The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule - update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in - the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and - linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. - -submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules:: - This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this - submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules - command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull". - This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5] - file. - -submodule.<name>.ignore:: - Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show - a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered - modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and - commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes - to the submodules work tree and - takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit - recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally - let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up. - Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows - submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed. - This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule, - both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the - "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not - affected by this setting. - -submodule.<name>.active:: - Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git - commands. This config option takes precedence over the - submodule.active config option. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for - details. - -submodule.active:: - A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a - submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git - commands. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details. - -submodule.recurse:: - Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This - applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option, - except `clone`. - Defaults to false. - -submodule.fetchJobs:: - Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time. - A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched - in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default. - If unset, it defaults to 1. - -submodule.alternateLocation:: - Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are - cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`. - By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the - value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes - its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate. - -submodule.alternateErrorStrategy:: - Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule - as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are - `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`. +include::submodule-config.txt[] tag.forceSignAnnotated:: A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed. @@ -3632,15 +3021,15 @@ uploadpack.packObjectsHook:: was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for `pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on stdout. - -uploadpack.allowFilter:: - If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial - clone and partial fetch object filtering. + Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from untrusted repositories). +uploadpack.allowFilter:: + If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial + clone and partial fetch object filtering. + uploadpack.allowRefInWant:: If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support the `ref-in-want` feature of the protocol version 2 `fetch` command. This feature |