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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 1a8ddb41c7..3e37b93ed2 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -154,9 +154,8 @@ color:: `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the second is the background. The position of the attribute, if - any, doesn't matter. Attributes may be turned off - specifically by prefixing them with `no` (e.g., `noreverse`, - `noul`, etc). + any, doesn't matter. Attributes may be turned off specifically + by prefixing them with `no` (e.g., `noreverse`, `noul`, etc). + Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all @@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. + The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file). -core.ignorecase:: +core.ignoreCase:: If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds @@ -279,12 +278,12 @@ core.ignorecase:: "Makefile". + The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] -will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository +will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository is created. -core.precomposeunicode:: +core.precomposeUnicode:: This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git. - When core.precomposeunicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition + When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository between Mac OS and Linux or Windows. (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7). @@ -309,13 +308,13 @@ core.trustctime:: crawlers and some backup systems). See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default. -core.checkstat:: +core.checkStat:: Determines which stat fields to match between the index and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime. -core.quotepath:: +core.quotePath:: The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the @@ -454,6 +453,8 @@ 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 + 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. The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to @@ -519,9 +520,9 @@ 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:: +core.looseCompression:: An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being @@ -582,7 +583,7 @@ be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be. + Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. -core.excludesfile:: +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 @@ -591,7 +592,7 @@ core.excludesfile:: If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. -core.askpass:: +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' @@ -600,11 +601,11 @@ core.askpass:: prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT. -core.attributesfile:: +core.attributesFile:: In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and '.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 + 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. @@ -614,7 +615,7 @@ core.editor:: variable when it is set, and the environment variable `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. -core.commentchar:: +core.commentChar:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit messages consider a line that begins with this character commented, and removes them after the editor returns @@ -623,6 +624,12 @@ core.commentchar:: If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages. +core.packedRefsTimeout:: + The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to + lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at + all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e., + retry for 1 second). + sequence.editor:: Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file. The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used. @@ -683,7 +690,7 @@ core.whitespace:: is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent` errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63. -core.fsyncobjectfiles:: +core.fsyncObjectFiles:: This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files. + This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders @@ -691,7 +698,7 @@ data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback"). -core.preloadindex:: +core.preloadIndex:: Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff' + This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially @@ -762,7 +769,15 @@ am.keepcr:: by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line. See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]. -apply.ignorewhitespace:: +am.threeWay:: + By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When + set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if + the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and + we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way` + option from the command line). Defaults to `false`. + See linkgit:git-am[1]. + +apply.ignoreWhitespace:: When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change' option. @@ -774,7 +789,7 @@ apply.whitespace:: Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. -branch.autosetupmerge:: +branch.autoSetupMerge:: Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set, @@ -786,7 +801,7 @@ branch.autosetupmerge:: local branch or remote-tracking branch. This option defaults to true. -branch.autosetuprebase:: +branch.autoSetupRebase:: When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout' that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase"). @@ -797,27 +812,27 @@ branch.autosetuprebase:: remote-tracking branches. When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking branches. - See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a + See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a branch to track another branch. This option defaults to never. branch.<name>.remote:: When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to - may be overridden with `remote.pushdefault` (for all branches). + may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches). The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further - overridden by `branch.<name>.pushremote`. If no remote is + overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to - `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault` for pushing. + `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing. Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below. -branch.<name>.pushremote:: +branch.<name>.pushRemote:: When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for - pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushdefault` for pushing + pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing - repository), you would want to set `remote.pushdefault` to + repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this option to override it for a specific branch. @@ -839,7 +854,7 @@ branch.<name>.merge:: branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote. -branch.<name>.mergeoptions:: +branch.<name>.mergeOptions:: Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but option values containing whitespace characters are currently not @@ -907,7 +922,8 @@ command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option. color.diff.<slot>:: Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one - of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag` + of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym), + `meta` (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting whitespace errors). @@ -965,7 +981,7 @@ color.pager:: A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in use (default is true). -color.showbranch:: +color.showBranch:: A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used @@ -1065,7 +1081,7 @@ commit.cleanup:: have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log template yourself, if you do this). -commit.gpgsign:: +commit.gpgSign:: A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed. Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can @@ -1178,7 +1194,7 @@ format.cc:: by mail. See the --to and --cc options in linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. -format.subjectprefix:: +format.subjectPrefix:: The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]' subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix. @@ -1188,7 +1204,7 @@ format.signature:: Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress signature generation. -format.signaturefile:: +format.signatureFile:: Works just like format.signature except the contents of the file specified by this variable will be used as the signature. @@ -1212,7 +1228,7 @@ format.thread:: A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false value disables threading. -format.signoff:: +format.signOff:: A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have @@ -1251,17 +1267,17 @@ gc.auto:: light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it. -gc.autopacklimit:: +gc.autoPackLimit:: When there are more than this many packs that are not marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it. -gc.autodetach:: +gc.autoDetach:: Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background if the system supports it. Default is true. -gc.packrefs:: +gc.packRefs:: Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether @@ -1269,38 +1285,45 @@ gc.packrefs:: to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a boolean value. The default is `true`. -gc.pruneexpire:: +gc.pruneExpire:: When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'. Override the grace period with this config variable. The value "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune unreachable objects immediately. -gc.reflogexpire:: -gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire:: +gc.pruneWorktreesExpire:: + When 'git gc' is run, it will call + 'prune --worktrees --expire 3.months.ago'. + Override the grace period with this config variable. The value + "now" may be used to disable the grace period and prune + $GIT_DIR/worktrees immediately. + +gc.reflogExpire:: +gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire:: 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than this time; defaults to 90 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to the refs that match the <pattern>. -gc.reflogexpireunreachable:: -gc.<ref>.reflogexpireunreachable:: +gc.reflogExpireUnreachable:: +gc.<ref>.reflogExpireUnreachable:: 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than this time and are not reachable from the current tip; defaults to 30 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that match the <pattern>. -gc.rerereresolved:: +gc.rerereResolved:: Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. -gc.rerereunresolved:: +gc.rerereUnresolved:: Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. -gitcvs.commitmsgannotation:: +gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation:: Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator". @@ -1308,7 +1331,7 @@ gitcvs.enabled:: Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. -gitcvs.logfile:: +gitcvs.logFile:: Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. @@ -1320,10 +1343,10 @@ gitcvs.usecrlfattr:: 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:: +gitcvs.allBinary:: 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 @@ -1333,7 +1356,7 @@ gitcvs.allbinary:: then the contents of the file are examined to decide if it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'. -gitcvs.dbname:: +gitcvs.dbName:: Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this @@ -1341,7 +1364,7 @@ gitcvs.dbname:: linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`). Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite' -gitcvs.dbdriver:: +gitcvs.dbDriver:: Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and @@ -1349,10 +1372,10 @@ gitcvs.dbdriver:: May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. -gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass:: - Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver', +gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass:: + 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 + 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix:: @@ -1363,7 +1386,7 @@ gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix:: characters will be replaced with underscores. All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and -'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as +'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. @@ -1381,7 +1404,7 @@ gitweb.highlight:: gitweb.patches:: gitweb.pickaxe:: gitweb.remote_heads:: -gitweb.showsizes:: +gitweb.showSizes:: gitweb.snapshot:: See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description. @@ -1410,15 +1433,15 @@ gpg.program:: signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its standard output. -gui.commitmsgwidth:: +gui.commitMsgWidth:: Defines how wide the commit message window is in the linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default. -gui.diffcontext:: +gui.diffContext:: Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5". -gui.displayuntracked:: +gui.displayUntracked:: Determines if linkgit::git-gui[1] shows untracked files in the file list. The default is "true". @@ -1430,16 +1453,16 @@ gui.encoding:: If this option is not set, the tools default to the locale encoding. -gui.matchtrackingbranch:: +gui.matchTrackingBranch:: Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should default to tracking remote branches with matching names or not. Default: "false". -gui.newbranchtemplate:: +gui.newBranchTemplate:: Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the linkgit:git-gui[1]. -gui.pruneduringfetch:: +gui.pruneDuringFetch:: "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when performing a fetch. The default value is "false". @@ -1447,17 +1470,17 @@ gui.trustmtime:: Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted. -gui.spellingdictionary:: +gui.spellingDictionary:: Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned off. -gui.fastcopyblame:: +gui.fastCopyBlame:: If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection. -gui.copyblamethreshold:: +gui.copyBlameThreshold:: Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection. @@ -1477,22 +1500,22 @@ guitool.<name>.cmd:: 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty). -guitool.<name>.needsfile:: +guitool.<name>.needsFile:: Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees that 'FILENAME' is not empty. -guitool.<name>.noconsole:: +guitool.<name>.noConsole:: Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its output. -guitool.<name>.norescan:: +guitool.<name>.noRescan:: Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool finishes execution. guitool.<name>.confirm:: Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool. -guitool.<name>.argprompt:: +guitool.<name>.argPrompt:: Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect @@ -1500,13 +1523,13 @@ guitool.<name>.argprompt:: the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact value of the variable is used. -guitool.<name>.revprompt:: +guitool.<name>.revPrompt:: Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option - is similar to 'argprompt', and can be used together with it. + is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it. -guitool.<name>.revunmerged:: - Show only unmerged branches in the 'revprompt' subdialog. +guitool.<name>.revUnmerged:: + Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog. This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not for things like checkout or reset. @@ -1516,7 +1539,7 @@ guitool.<name>.title:: guitool.<name>.prompt:: Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of - the dialog, before subsections for 'argprompt' and 'revprompt'. + the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'. The default value includes the actual command. help.browser:: @@ -1528,7 +1551,7 @@ help.format:: Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same. -help.autocorrect:: +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 @@ -1537,7 +1560,7 @@ help.autocorrect:: value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed. This is the default. -help.htmlpath:: +help.htmlPath:: Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation @@ -1549,17 +1572,30 @@ http.proxy:: `curl(1)`). This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy -http.cookiefile:: +http.cookieFile:: 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 + NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is only used as input unless http.saveCookies is set. -http.savecookies:: +http.saveCookies:: If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by - http.cookiefile. Has no effect if http.cookiefile is unset. + http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset. + +http.sslCipherList:: + A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection. + The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against + NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto + library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' + 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. +To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any +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 @@ -1630,7 +1666,7 @@ http.noEPSV:: support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV' environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV). -http.useragent:: +http.userAgent:: The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1. This option allows you to override this value to a more common value @@ -1703,7 +1739,7 @@ index.version:: Specify the version with which new index files should be initialized. This does not affect existing repositories. -init.templatedir:: +init.templateDir:: Specify the directory from which templates will be copied. (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) @@ -1719,7 +1755,7 @@ instaweb.local:: If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1). -instaweb.modulepath:: +instaweb.modulePath:: The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd is Apache. @@ -1728,7 +1764,7 @@ instaweb.port:: The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1]. -interactive.singlekey:: +interactive.singleKey:: In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter). Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of @@ -1756,7 +1792,7 @@ log.decorate:: specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option. -log.showroot:: +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. Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which @@ -1993,7 +2029,7 @@ pack.useBitmaps:: true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless you are debugging pack bitmaps. -pack.writebitmaps (deprecated):: +pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated):: This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`. pack.writeBitmapHashCache:: @@ -2034,7 +2070,7 @@ pull.ff:: a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the - command line). + command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling. pull.rebase:: When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead @@ -2112,14 +2148,20 @@ new default). -- +push.followTags:: + If set to true enable '--follow-tags' option by default. You + may override this configuration at time of push by specifying + '--no-follow-tags'. + + rebase.stat:: Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last rebase. False by default. -rebase.autosquash:: +rebase.autoSquash:: If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default. -rebase.autostash:: +rebase.autoStash:: When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation ends. This means that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree. @@ -2127,18 +2169,23 @@ rebase.autostash:: successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts. Defaults to false. +receive.advertiseAtomic:: + By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push + capability to its clients. If you don't want to this capability + to be advertised, set this variable to false. + receive.autogc:: By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop it by setting this variable to false. -receive.certnonceseed:: +receive.certNonceSeed:: By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack` will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret key. -receive.certnonceslop:: +receive.certNonceSlop:: When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce" @@ -2186,11 +2233,15 @@ receive.denyCurrentBranch:: message. Defaults to "refuse". + Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working -directory (must be clean) if pushing into the current branch. This option is +tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems. ++ +By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or +the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout` +hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5]. receive.denyNonFastForwards:: If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is @@ -2198,7 +2249,7 @@ receive.denyNonFastForwards:: even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is set when initializing a shared repository. -receive.hiderefs:: +receive.hideRefs:: String(s) `receive-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit from its initial advertisement. Use more than one definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that @@ -2207,18 +2258,18 @@ receive.hiderefs:: push`, and an attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is rejected. -receive.updateserverinfo:: +receive.updateServerInfo:: If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info after receiving data from git-push and updating refs. -receive.shallowupdate:: +receive.shallowUpdate:: If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected. -remote.pushdefault:: +remote.pushDefault:: The remote to push to by default. Overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by - `branch.<name>.pushremote` for specific branches. + `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches. remote.<name>.url:: The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or @@ -2256,18 +2307,18 @@ remote.<name>.skipFetchAll:: remote.<name>.receivepack:: The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See - option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1]. + option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1]. remote.<name>.uploadpack:: The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See - option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. + option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. -remote.<name>.tagopt:: - Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when - fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to \--tags will fetch every +remote.<name>.tagOpt:: + Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when + fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can - override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of + override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of linkgit:git-fetch[1]. remote.<name>.vcs:: @@ -2284,7 +2335,7 @@ remotes.<group>:: The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1]. -repack.usedeltabaseoffset:: +repack.useDeltaBaseOffset:: By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb @@ -2307,7 +2358,7 @@ repack.writeBitmaps:: space and extra time spent on the initial repack. Defaults to false. -rerere.autoupdate:: +rerere.autoUpdate:: When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false. @@ -2326,12 +2377,12 @@ sendemail.identity:: values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is the value of 'sendemail.identity'. -sendemail.smtpencryption:: +sendemail.smtpEncryption:: See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism. sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated):: - Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'. + Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'. sendemail.smtpsslcertpath:: Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file). @@ -2343,29 +2394,29 @@ sendemail.<identity>.*:: identity is selected, through command-line or 'sendemail.identity'. -sendemail.aliasesfile:: -sendemail.aliasfiletype:: +sendemail.aliasesFile:: +sendemail.aliasFileType:: sendemail.annotate:: sendemail.bcc:: sendemail.cc:: -sendemail.cccmd:: -sendemail.chainreplyto:: +sendemail.ccCmd:: +sendemail.chainReplyTo:: sendemail.confirm:: -sendemail.envelopesender:: +sendemail.envelopeSender:: sendemail.from:: -sendemail.multiedit:: +sendemail.multiEdit:: sendemail.signedoffbycc:: -sendemail.smtppass:: +sendemail.smtpPass:: sendemail.suppresscc:: -sendemail.suppressfrom:: +sendemail.suppressFrom:: sendemail.to:: -sendemail.smtpdomain:: -sendemail.smtpserver:: -sendemail.smtpserverport:: -sendemail.smtpserveroption:: -sendemail.smtpuser:: +sendemail.smtpDomain:: +sendemail.smtpServer:: +sendemail.smtpServerPort:: +sendemail.smtpServerOption:: +sendemail.smtpUser:: sendemail.thread:: -sendemail.transferencoding:: +sendemail.transferEncoding:: sendemail.validate:: sendemail.xmailer:: See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. @@ -2417,7 +2468,7 @@ 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:: +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 @@ -2492,9 +2543,9 @@ transfer.fsckObjects:: not set, the value of this variable is used instead. Defaults to false. -transfer.hiderefs:: - This variable can be used to set both `receive.hiderefs` - and `uploadpack.hiderefs` at the same time to the same +transfer.hideRefs:: + This variable can be used to set both `receive.hideRefs` + and `uploadpack.hideRefs` at the same time to the same values. See entries for these other variables. transfer.unpackLimit:: @@ -2509,22 +2560,28 @@ uploadarchive.allowUnreachable:: linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to `false`. -uploadpack.hiderefs:: +uploadpack.hideRefs:: String(s) `upload-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit from its initial advertisement. Use more than one definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this variable is excluded, and is hidden from `git ls-remote`, `git fetch`, etc. An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git - fetch` will fail. See also `uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant`. + fetch` will fail. See also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`. -uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant:: - When `uploadpack.hiderefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack` +uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant:: + When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected). - see also `uploadpack.hiderefs`. + see also `uploadpack.hideRefs`. -uploadpack.keepalive:: +uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant:: + Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an + object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that + calculating object reachability is computationally expensive. + Defaults to `false`. + +uploadpack.keepAlive:: When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used @@ -2532,7 +2589,7 @@ uploadpack.keepalive:: the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every - `uploadpack.keepalive` seconds. Setting this option to 0 + `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds. url.<base>.insteadOf:: @@ -2569,13 +2626,25 @@ user.name:: Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. -user.signingkey:: +user.signingKey:: If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or commit, you can override the default selection with this variable. 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. + web.browser:: Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands. Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1] |