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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index f4721a048b..a0ab66aae7 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -150,27 +150,34 @@ integer:: 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc. color:: - The value for a variables that takes a color is a list of - colors (at most two) and attributes (at most one), separated - by spaces. The colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, - `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and - `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). -+ -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 -terminals may support this). If your terminal supports it, you may also -specify 24-bit RGB values as hex, like `#ff0ab3`. -+ -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 plain `black`, even if the previous -thing on the same output line (e.g. opening parenthesis before the -list of branch names in `log --decorate` output) is set to be -painted with `bold` or some other attribute. + The value for a variable that takes a color is a list of + colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background) + and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces. ++ +The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, +`blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the +foreground; the second is the background. ++ +Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI +256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If +your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as +hex, like `#ff0ab3`. ++ +The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, +`italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters). +The position of any attributes with respect to the colors +(before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may +be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`, +`no-ul`, etc). ++ +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 +plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g. +opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate` +output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute. +However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered +coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there. pathname:: A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a @@ -441,6 +448,13 @@ specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern. This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains. +core.sshCommand:: + If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will + use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to + connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as + the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden + when the environment variable is set. + core.ignoreStat:: If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files @@ -939,7 +953,8 @@ color.branch:: A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used - only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. + only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the + value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). color.branch.<slot>:: Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of @@ -954,7 +969,8 @@ color.diff:: linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those commands will only use color when output is to the terminal. - Defaults to false. + If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by + default). + This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the @@ -977,7 +993,8 @@ color.decorate.<slot>:: color.grep:: When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only - when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`. + when the output is written to the terminal. If unset, then the + value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). color.grep.<slot>:: Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which @@ -1010,7 +1027,8 @@ color.interactive:: and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is - to the terminal. Defaults to false. + to the terminal. If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is + used (`auto` by default). color.interactive.<slot>:: Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean @@ -1026,13 +1044,15 @@ 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 - only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. + only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the + value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). color.status:: A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used - only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. + only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the + value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). color.status.<slot>:: Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is @@ -1187,6 +1207,15 @@ difftool.<tool>.cmd:: difftool.prompt:: Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. +fastimport.unpackLimit:: + If the number of objects imported by linkgit:git-fast-import[1] + is below this limit, then the objects will be unpacked into + loose object files. However if the number of imported objects + equals or exceeds this limit then the pack will be stored as a + pack. Storing the pack from a fast-import can make the import + operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If + not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. + fetch.recurseSubmodules:: This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'. Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to @@ -1218,6 +1247,11 @@ fetch.prune:: If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`. +fetch.output:: + Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are + `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section + OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail. + format.attach:: Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string @@ -1225,6 +1259,16 @@ format.attach:: value as the boundary. See the --attach option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. +format.from:: + Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch. + Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false, + format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in + the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to + `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch + mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if + different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that + value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false. + format.numbered:: A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there @@ -1328,7 +1372,7 @@ fsck.skipList:: gc.aggressiveDepth:: The depth parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults - to 250. + to 50. gc.aggressiveWindow:: The window size parameter used in the delta compression @@ -1692,6 +1736,20 @@ http.emptyAuth:: a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for authentication. +http.delegation:: + Control GSSAPI credential delegation. The delegation is disabled + by default in libcurl since version 7.21.7. Set parameter to tell + the server what it is allowed to delegate when it comes to user + credentials. Used with GSS/kerberos. Possible values are: ++ +-- +* `none` - Don't allow any delegation. +* `policy` - Delegates if and only if the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag is set in the + Kerberos service ticket, which is a matter of realm policy. +* `always` - Unconditionally allow the server to delegate. +-- + + http.extraHeader:: Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra @@ -2392,15 +2450,20 @@ rebase.missingCommitsCheck:: command in the todo-list. Defaults to "ignore". -rebase.instructionFormat +rebase.instructionFormat:: A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for the instruction list during an interactive rebase. The format will automatically have the long commit hash prepended to the format. 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. + capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this + capability, set this variable to false. + +receive.advertisePushOptions:: + By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options + capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this + capability, set this variable to false. receive.autogc:: By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after @@ -2455,6 +2518,15 @@ receive.fsck.skipList:: can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses. Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting. +receive.keepAlive:: + After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may + produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing + the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection. + With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit + any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will + send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set + to 0 to disable keepalives entirely. + receive.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects received in a push is below this limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object @@ -2465,6 +2537,12 @@ receive.unpackLimit:: especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. +receive.maxInputSize:: + If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this + limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of + accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size + is unlimited. + receive.denyDeletes:: If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push. @@ -2747,12 +2825,13 @@ stash.showStat:: option will show diffstat of the stash. Defaults to true. See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. -submodule.<name>.path:: submodule.<name>.url:: - The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These - variables are initially populated by 'git submodule init'. See - linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for - details. + The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules + file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change + the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule + update'. After obtaining the submodule, the presence of this variable + is used as a sign whether the submodule is of interest to git commands. + See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. submodule.<name>.update:: The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable @@ -2795,6 +2874,18 @@ submodule.fetchJobs:: in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default. If unset, it defaults to 1. +submodule.alternateLocation:: + Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are + cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`. + By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the + value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes + its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate. + +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`. + tag.forceSignAnnotated:: A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed. If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes @@ -2881,6 +2972,21 @@ uploadpack.keepAlive:: `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds. +uploadpack.packObjectsHook:: + If this option is set, when `upload-pack` would run + `git pack-objects` to create a packfile for a client, it will + run this shell command instead. The `pack-objects` command and + arguments it _would_ have run (including the `git pack-objects` + at the beginning) are appended to the shell command. The stdin + and stdout of the hook are treated as if `pack-objects` itself + was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for + `pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on + stdout. ++ +Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the +repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from +untrusted repositories). + url.<base>.insteadOf:: Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a |