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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 531649cb40..c1598ee703 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -2108,15 +2108,40 @@ 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). + By default, Git determines the command line arguments to use + based on the basename of the configured SSH command (configured + using the environment variable `GIT_SSH` or `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` or + the config setting `core.sshCommand`). If the basename is + unrecognized, Git will attempt to detect support of OpenSSH + options by first invoking the configured SSH command with the + `-G` (print configuration) option and will subsequently use + OpenSSH options (if that is successful) or no options besides + the host and remote command (if it fails). ++ +The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this detection. +Valid values are `ssh` (to use OpenSSH options), `plink`, `putty`, +`tortoiseplink`, `simple` (no options except the host and remote command). +The default auto-detection can be explicitly requested using the value +`auto`. Any other value is treated as `ssh`. This setting can also be +overridden via the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`. ++ +The current command-line parameters used for each variant are as +follows: + -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`. +-- + +* `ssh` - [-p port] [-4] [-6] [-o option] [username@]host command + +* `simple` - [username@]host command + +* `plink` or `putty` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] [username@]host command + +* `tortoiseplink` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] -batch [username@]host command + +-- ++ +Except for the `simple` variant, command-line parameters are likely to +change as git gains new features. i18n.commitEncoding:: Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself @@ -2544,6 +2569,23 @@ The protocol names currently used by git are: `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper) -- +protocol.version:: + Experimental. If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a + server using the specified protocol version. If unset, no + attempt will be made by the client to communicate using a + particular protocol version, this results in protocol version 0 + being used. + Supported versions: ++ +-- + +* `0` - the original wire protocol. + +* `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 |