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@@ -520,18 +520,12 @@ check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
core.notesRef::
When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
- the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named
- after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate. The ref
- must be fully qualified.
+ the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
+ ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
+ notes should be printed.
+
-If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
-appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes (<refname>):"
-line (shortened to "Notes:" in the case of "refs/notes/commits"). If the
-given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
-notes should be printed.
-+
-This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by
-the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.
+This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
+the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
core.sparseCheckout::
Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
@@ -798,6 +792,8 @@ diff.mnemonicprefix::
standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
the order of the prefixes:
+diff.noprefix::
+ If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
`git diff`;;
compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
`git diff HEAD`;;
@@ -1481,6 +1477,16 @@ pager.<cmd>::
it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for
all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
+pretty.<name>::
+ Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
+ linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
+ as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
+ running `git config pretty.changelog "format:{asterisk} %H %s"`
+ would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
+ to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:{asterisk} %H %s"`.
+ Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
+ will be silently ignored.
+
pull.octopus::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
at once.
@@ -1699,6 +1705,13 @@ If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
+status.submodulesummary::
+ Defaults to false.
+ If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
+ unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
+ summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
+ --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
+
tar.umask::
This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the