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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 8c62ba4e7b..bbe38ccaa2 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -363,8 +363,17 @@ core.pager:: variable. Note that git sets the `LESS` environment variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the pager. One can change these settings by setting the - `LESS` variable to some other value or by giving the - `core.pager` option a value such as "`less -+FRSX`". + `LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately, + these settings can be overridden on a project or + global basis by setting the `core.pager` option. + Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS` + environment variable behaviour above, so if you want + to override git's default settings this way, you need + to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option + in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager` + to "`less -+$LESS -FRX`". This will be passed to the + shell by git, which will translate the final command to + "`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`". core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to @@ -572,6 +581,10 @@ diff.autorefreshindex:: affects only 'git-diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff' commands, such as 'git-diff-files'. +diff.suppress-blank-empty:: + A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space + before each empty output line. Defaults to false. + diff.external:: If this config variable is set, diff generation is not performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the @@ -581,6 +594,22 @@ diff.external:: you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead. +diff.mnemonicprefix:: + If set, 'git-diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the + 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: +'git-diff';; + compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree; +'git-diff HEAD';; + compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree; +'git diff --cached';; + compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex; +'git-diff HEAD:file1 file2';; + compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity; +'git diff --no-index a b';; + compares two non-git things (1) and (2). + diff.renameLimit:: The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename detection; equivalent to the 'git-diff' option '-l'. @@ -693,7 +722,7 @@ gitcvs.logfile:: Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. -gitcvs.usecrlfattr +gitcvs.usecrlfattr:: If true, the server will look up the `crlf` attribute for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If `crlf` is set, the '-k' mode will be left blank, so cvs clients will @@ -786,6 +815,15 @@ help.format:: Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same. +help.autocorrect:: + Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after + waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more + than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing + will be executed. If the value of this option is negative, + the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the + value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed. + This is the default. + http.proxy:: Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy' environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden |