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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index eae75a39c0..f22d926777 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't need to. -There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax. -In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section -names. +There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this +syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also +compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same +restrictions as section names. All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form @@ -114,35 +115,32 @@ in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation. advice.*:: - When set to 'true', display the given optional help message. - When set to 'false', do not display. The configuration variables - are: + These variables control various optional help messages designed to + aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you + can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false': + -- pushNonFastForward:: Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses - non-fast-forward refs. Default: true. + non-fast-forward refs. statusHints:: Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown - when writing commit messages. Default: true. + when writing commit messages. commitBeforeMerge:: Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to merge to avoid overwriting local changes. - Default: true. resolveConflict:: Advices shown by various commands when conflicts prevent the operation from being performed. - Default: true. implicitIdentity:: Advice on how to set your identity configuration when your information is guessed from the system username and - domain name. Default: true. - + domain name. detachedHead:: - Advice shown when you used linkgit::git-checkout[1] to + Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create - a local branch after the fact. Default: true. + a local branch after the fact. -- core.fileMode:: @@ -473,6 +471,12 @@ core.editor:: variable when it is set, and the environment variable `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. +sequence.editor:: + Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase insn file. + The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used. + It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable. + When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead. + core.pager:: The command that git will use to paginate output. Can be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment @@ -857,6 +861,13 @@ fetch.recurseSubmodules:: when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's reference. +fetch.fsckObjects:: + If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched + objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a + broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects. + Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects` + is used instead. + fetch.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects fetched over the git native transfer is below this @@ -1064,6 +1075,23 @@ All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given access method. +gitweb.category:: +gitweb.description:: +gitweb.owner:: +gitweb.url:: + See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description. + +gitweb.avatar:: +gitweb.blame:: +gitweb.grep:: +gitweb.highlight:: +gitweb.patches:: +gitweb.pickaxe:: +gitweb.remote_heads:: +gitweb.showsizes:: +gitweb.snapshot:: + See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description. + grep.lineNumber:: If set to true, enable '-n' option by default. @@ -1596,7 +1624,8 @@ receive.fsckObjects:: If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects. - Defaults to false. + Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects` + is used instead. receive.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects received in a push is below this @@ -1831,6 +1860,11 @@ tar.umask:: archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and linkgit:git-archive[1]. +transfer.fsckObjects:: + When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are + not set, the value of this variable is used instead. + Defaults to false. + transfer.unpackLimit:: When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are not set, the value of this variable is used instead. |