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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 62ade8b758..f4721a048b 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -81,13 +81,16 @@ 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 +variable takes a pathname as its value, and is subject to tilde +expansion. + +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. The value of `include.path` is subject to tilde expansion: `~/` -is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the specified -user's home directory. See below for examples. +found. See below for examples. + Example ~~~~~~~ @@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ Example [include] path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file - path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your $HOME directory + path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your `$HOME` directory Values @@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ boolean:: false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`, `false`, or `0`. + -When converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type +When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" (spelled in lowercase). @@ -169,6 +172,13 @@ thing on the same output line (e.g. opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate` output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute. +pathname:: + A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a + string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual + tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/` + is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the + specified user's home directory. + Variables ~~~~~~~~~ @@ -269,6 +279,12 @@ See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. + The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file). +core.hideDotFiles:: + (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose + name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/` + directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The + default mode is 'dotGitOnly'. + core.ignoreCase:: If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, @@ -416,7 +432,7 @@ core.gitProxy:: may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order; the first match wins. + -Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable +Can be overridden by the `GIT_PROXY_COMMAND` environment variable (which always applies universally, without the special "for" handling). + @@ -460,10 +476,10 @@ false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare core.worktree:: Set the path to the root of the working tree. - If GIT_COMMON_DIR environment variable is set, core.worktree + If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree. - This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment - variable and the '--work-tree' command-line option. + This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment + variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option. The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered. @@ -484,10 +500,10 @@ repository's usual working tree). core.logAllRefUpdates:: Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file - "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old + "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but only when the file exists. If this configuration - variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" + variable is set to true, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`" file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/), note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD. @@ -527,7 +543,7 @@ core.compression:: -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest. If set, this provides a default to other compression variables, - such as 'core.looseCompression' and 'pack.compression'. + such as `core.looseCompression` and `pack.compression`. core.looseCompression:: An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that @@ -591,20 +607,19 @@ be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be. Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. core.excludesFile:: - In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and - '.git/info/exclude', Git looks into this file for patterns - of files which are not meant to be tracked. "`~/`" is expanded - to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the specified user's - home directory. Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. - If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore + Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to + describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition + to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'. + Defaults to `$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 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given - via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS' + via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS` environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the - 'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password + `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT. @@ -613,8 +628,25 @@ core.attributesFile:: '.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`. Its default value is - $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not - set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead. + `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not + set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead. + +core.hooksPath:: + By default Git will look for your hooks in the + '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path, + e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in + that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of + in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'. ++ +The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is +taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see +the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]). ++ +This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to +centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a +per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized +alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed +default hooks. core.editor:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit @@ -730,7 +762,7 @@ core.notesRef:: notes should be printed. + This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by -the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1]. +the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1]. core.sparseCheckout:: Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in @@ -745,7 +777,7 @@ core.abbrev:: add.ignoreErrors:: add.ignore-errors (deprecated):: Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be - added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors' + added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors` option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated, as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration variables. @@ -766,14 +798,14 @@ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may not necessarily be the current directory. -'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix' +`GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix' from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. am.keepcr:: If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format - with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will + with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden - by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line. + by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line. See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]. am.threeWay:: @@ -786,7 +818,7 @@ am.threeWay:: apply.ignoreWhitespace:: When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in - whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change' + whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change` option. When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to respect all whitespace differences. @@ -794,7 +826,7 @@ apply.ignoreWhitespace:: apply.whitespace:: Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way - as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. + as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. branch.autoSetupMerge:: Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches @@ -896,7 +928,7 @@ browser.<tool>.cmd:: 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 + browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]). clean.requireForce:: @@ -1104,15 +1136,19 @@ commit.status:: message. Defaults to true. commit.template:: - Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages. - "`~/`" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the - specified user's home directory. + Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for + new commit messages. + +commit.verbose:: + A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`. + See linkgit:git-commit[1]. 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. + storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note + that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] + for details. credential.useHttpPath:: When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http @@ -1256,6 +1292,10 @@ 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. + filter.<driver>.clean:: The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for @@ -1332,7 +1372,7 @@ gc.worktreePruneExpire:: 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'. This config variable can be used to set a different grace period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace - period and prune $GIT_DIR/worktrees immediately, or "never" + period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never" may be used to suppress pruning. gc.reflogExpire:: @@ -1378,24 +1418,24 @@ gitcvs.logFile:: 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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'. + it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`. gitcvs.dbName:: Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information @@ -1414,7 +1454,7 @@ gitcvs.dbDriver:: See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass:: - Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbDriver', + 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). @@ -1426,8 +1466,8 @@ gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix:: 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 +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. @@ -1450,17 +1490,17 @@ gitweb.snapshot:: See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description. grep.lineNumber:: - If set to true, enable '-n' option by default. + 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 + '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. This - option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value + 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'. grep.threads:: @@ -1472,13 +1512,13 @@ grep.fallbackToNoIndex:: is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false. gpg.program:: - Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when + Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$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 + 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 + 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. @@ -1491,7 +1531,7 @@ gui.diffContext:: made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5". gui.displayUntracked:: - Determines if linkgit::git-gui[1] shows untracked files + Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files in the file list. The default is "true". gui.encoding:: @@ -1545,7 +1585,7 @@ guitool.<name>.cmd:: of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of - the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as + the tool as `GIT_GUITOOL`, the name of the currently selected file as 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty). @@ -1566,7 +1606,7 @@ guitool.<name>.confirm:: guitool.<name>.argPrompt:: Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool - through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an + through the `ARGS` environment variable. Since requesting an argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1', the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact @@ -1574,7 +1614,7 @@ guitool.<name>.argPrompt:: guitool.<name>.revPrompt:: Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the - 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option + `REVISION` environment variable. In other aspects this option is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it. guitool.<name>.revUnmerged:: @@ -1630,7 +1670,7 @@ http.proxyAuthMethod:: only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`. - Both can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD' environment + Both can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD` environment variable. Possible values are: + -- @@ -1652,12 +1692,19 @@ http.emptyAuth:: a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for authentication. +http.extraHeader:: + Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If + more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra + headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system + config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list. + http.cookieFile:: - File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used + The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines, + which should be used in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or - the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see linkgit:curl[1]). - NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is only used as + the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`). + NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as input unless http.saveCookies is set. http.saveCookies:: @@ -1682,9 +1729,9 @@ http.sslVersion:: - tlsv1.2 + -Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' environment variable. +Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_VERSION` environment variable. To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any -explicit http.sslversion option, set 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' to the +explicit http.sslversion option, set `GIT_SSL_VERSION` to the empty string. http.sslCipherList:: @@ -1695,41 +1742,41 @@ http.sslCipherList:: option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format of this list. + -Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' environment variable. +Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` environment variable. To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any -explicit http.sslCipherList option, set 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' to the +explicit http.sslCipherList option, set `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` to the empty string. http.sslVerify:: Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing - over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment + over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment variable. http.sslCert:: File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing - over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment + over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CERT` environment variable. http.sslKey:: File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing - over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment + over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_KEY` environment variable. http.sslCertPasswordProtected:: Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the - 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable. + `GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED` environment variable. http.sslCAInfo:: File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the - 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable. + `GIT_SSL_CAINFO` environment variable. http.sslCAPath:: Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden - by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable. + by the `GIT_SSL_CAPATH` environment variable. http.pinnedpubkey:: Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of @@ -1749,7 +1796,7 @@ http.sslTry:: http.maxRequests:: How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden - by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5. + by the `GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS` environment variable. Default is 5. http.minSessions:: The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across @@ -1768,13 +1815,13 @@ http.postBuffer:: http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime:: If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit' for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted. - Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and - 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables. + Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT` and + `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME` environment variables. http.noEPSV:: A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl. This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't - support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV' + support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the `GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV` environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV). http.userAgent:: @@ -1784,7 +1831,7 @@ http.userAgent:: such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1). - Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT' environment variable. + Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT` environment variable. http.<url>.*:: Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs. @@ -1884,6 +1931,14 @@ interactive.singleKey:: setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey. +interactive.diffFilter:: + When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows + a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell + command defined by this configuration variable. The command may + mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it + retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the + original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering). + log.abbrevCommit:: If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may @@ -1899,7 +1954,10 @@ log.decorate:: command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. - This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option. + If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, + the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref + names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option + of the `git log`. log.follow:: If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when @@ -2145,8 +2203,11 @@ pack.packSizeLimit:: The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size` - option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is - limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited. + option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results + in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents + bitmaps from being created. + The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB. + The default is unlimited. Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. @@ -2278,16 +2339,16 @@ new default). -- push.followTags:: - If set to true enable '--follow-tags' option by default. You + If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You may override this configuration at time of push by specifying - '--no-follow-tags'. + `--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 + 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 + `--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. @@ -2310,7 +2371,7 @@ rebase.stat:: rebase. False by default. rebase.autoSquash:: - If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default. + If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default. rebase.autoStash:: When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash @@ -2546,8 +2607,9 @@ repack.writeBitmaps:: objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk - space and extra time spent on the initial repack. Defaults to - false. + space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has + no effect if multiple packfiles are created. + Defaults to false. rerere.autoUpdate:: When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the @@ -2566,7 +2628,7 @@ 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'. + the value of `sendemail.identity`. sendemail.smtpEncryption:: See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this @@ -2583,7 +2645,7 @@ sendemail.<identity>.*:: Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters found below, taking precedence over those when the this identity is selected, through command-line or - 'sendemail.identity'. + `sendemail.identity`. sendemail.aliasesFile:: sendemail.aliasFileType:: @@ -2613,7 +2675,7 @@ sendemail.xmailer:: See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated):: - Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'. + Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`. showbranch.default:: The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. @@ -2727,6 +2789,17 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore:: "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not affected by this setting. +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. + +tag.forceSignAnnotated:: + A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed. + If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes + precedence over this option. + tag.sort:: This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the @@ -2834,17 +2907,17 @@ url.<base>.pushInsteadOf:: 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 - 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. + Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and + `EMAIL` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. user.name:: Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits. - Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME' + Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. user.useConfigOnly:: - Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for 'user.email' - and 'user.name', and instead retrieve the values only from the + Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email` + and `user.name`, and instead retrieve the values only from the configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses and would like to use a different one for each repository, then with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config |