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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 506431267e..47603f5484 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ The position of any attributes with respect to the colors be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`, `no-ul`, etc). + +An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used +to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely. ++ For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting `color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a @@ -517,10 +520,12 @@ core.logAllRefUpdates:: "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but only when the file exists. If this configuration - variable is set to true, missing "`$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. + `refs/heads/`), remote refs (i.e. under `refs/remotes/`), + note refs (i.e. under `refs/notes/`), and the symbolic ref `HEAD`. + If it is set to `always`, then a missing reflog is automatically + created for any ref under `refs/`. + This information can be used to determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". @@ -1397,6 +1402,12 @@ gc.autoDetach:: Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background if the system supports it. Default is true. +gc.logExpiry:: + If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run + unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is + "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its + value. + gc.packRefs:: Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb @@ -1914,7 +1925,10 @@ http.<url>.*:: must match exactly between the config key and the URL. . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`). - This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL. + This field must match between the config key and the URL. It is + possible to specify a `*` as part of the host name to match all subdomains + at this level. `https://*.example.com/` for example would match + `https://foo.example.com/`, but not `https://foo.bar.example.com/`. . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`). This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL. @@ -1949,6 +1963,17 @@ Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching. +ssh.variant:: + Depending on the value of the environment variables `GIT_SSH` or + `GIT_SSH_COMMAND`, or the config setting `core.sshCommand`, Git + auto-detects whether to adjust its command-line parameters for use + with plink or tortoiseplink, as opposed to the default (OpenSSH). ++ +The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this auto-detection; +valid values are `ssh`, `plink`, `putty` or `tortoiseplink`. Any other value +will be treated as normal ssh. This setting can be overridden via the +environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`. + i18n.commitEncoding:: Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when @@ -2036,6 +2061,10 @@ log.follow:: i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well on non-linear history. +log.graphColors:: + A list of colors, separated by commas, that can be used to draw + history lines in `git log --graph`. + log.showRoot:: If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree. @@ -2940,7 +2969,7 @@ submodule.alternateLocation:: value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate. -submodule.alternateErrorStrategy +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`. @@ -3113,17 +3142,39 @@ user.signingKey:: This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports. -versionsort.prereleaseSuffix:: - When version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], prerelease - tags (e.g. "1.0-rc1") may appear after the main release - "1.0". By specifying the suffix "-rc" in this variable, - "1.0-rc1" will appear before "1.0". -+ -This variable can be specified multiple times, once per suffix. The -order of suffixes in the config file determines the sorting order -(e.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the config file then 1.0-preXX -is sorted before 1.0-rcXX). The sorting order between different -suffixes is undefined if they are in multiple config files. +versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated):: + Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if + `versionsort.suffix` is set. + +versionsort.suffix:: + Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames + with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted + lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing + after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This + variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags + with different suffixes. ++ +By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing +that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if +the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before +"1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of +suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames +with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the +configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any +"1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags +with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix +among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and +"-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags +are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally +"v4.8-bfsX". ++ +If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will +be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in +the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at +that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the +longest of those suffixes. +The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are +in multiple config files. web.browser:: Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands. |