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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index ab641bf5a9..fd8d27e761 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -344,6 +344,16 @@ advice.*:: 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. + checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName:: + Advice shown when the argument to + linkgit:git-checkout[1] ambiguously resolves to a + remote tracking branch on more than one remote in + situations where an unambiguous argument would have + otherwise caused a remote-tracking branch to be + checked out. See the `checkout.defaultRemote` + configuration variable for how to set a given remote + to used by default in some situations where this + advice would be printed. amWorkDir:: Advice that shows the location of the patch file when linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it. @@ -354,7 +364,7 @@ advice.*:: Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one git repo inside of another. ignoredHook:: - Advice shown if an hook is ignored because the hook is not + Advice shown if a hook is ignored because the hook is not set as executable. waitingForEditor:: Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for @@ -390,16 +400,19 @@ core.hideDotFiles:: default mode is 'dotGitOnly'. core.ignoreCase:: - If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable + Internal variable which 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 - "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume + like APFS, HFS+, FAT, NTFS, etc. For example, if a directory listing + finds "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as "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 is created. ++ +Git relies on the proper configuration of this variable for your operating +and file system. Modifying this value may result in unexpected behavior. core.precomposeUnicode:: This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git. @@ -904,9 +917,17 @@ core.notesRef:: 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.commitGraph:: - Enable git commit graph feature. Allows reading from the - commit-graph file. +gc.commitGraph:: + If true, then gc will rewrite the commit-graph file when + linkgit:git-gc[1] is run. When using linkgit:git-gc[1] + '--auto' the commit-graph will be updated if housekeeping is + required. Default is false. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] + for details. + +core.useReplaceRefs:: + If set to `false`, behave as if the `--no-replace-objects` + option was given on the command line. See linkgit:git[1] and + linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information. core.sparseCheckout:: Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in @@ -1098,6 +1119,22 @@ browser.<tool>.path:: browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]). +checkout.defaultRemote:: + When you run 'git checkout <something>' and only have one + remote, it may implicitly fall back on checking out and + tracking e.g. 'origin/<something>'. This stops working as soon + as you have more than one remote with a '<something>' + reference. This setting allows for setting the name of a + preferred remote that should always win when it comes to + disambiguation. The typical use-case is to set this to + `origin`. ++ +Currently this is used by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when 'git checkout +<something>' will checkout the '<something>' branch on another remote, +and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when 'git worktree add' refers to a +remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like +commands or functionality in the future. + clean.requireForce:: A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f, -i or -n. Defaults to true. @@ -1146,6 +1183,11 @@ diff.colorMoved:: true the default color mode will be used. When set to false, moved lines are not colored. +diff.colorMovedWS:: + When moved lines are colored using e.g. the `diff.colorMoved` setting, + this option controls the `<mode>` how spaces are treated + for details of valid modes see '--color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. + color.diff.<slot>:: Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one @@ -1162,7 +1204,8 @@ color.diff.<slot>:: color.decorate.<slot>:: Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local - branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively. + branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively + and `grafted` for grafted commits. color.grep:: When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or @@ -1181,8 +1224,10 @@ color.grep.<slot>:: filename prefix (when not using `-h`) `function`;; function name lines (when using `-p`) -`linenumber`;; +`lineNumber`;; line number prefix (when using `-n`) +`column`;; + column number prefix (when using `--column`) `match`;; matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`) `matchContext`;; @@ -1491,6 +1536,15 @@ fetch.output:: `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail. +fetch.negotiationAlgorithm:: + Control how information about the commits in the local repository is + sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by the + server. Set to "skipping" to use an algorithm that skips commits in an + effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary + packfile; any other value instructs Git to use the default algorithm + that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one + of its descendants). + format.attach:: Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string @@ -1797,6 +1851,9 @@ gitweb.snapshot:: grep.lineNumber:: If set to true, enable `-n` option by default. +grep.column:: + If set to true, enable the `--column` option by default. + grep.patternType:: Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended', 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`, @@ -1827,6 +1884,16 @@ gpg.program:: signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its standard output. +gpg.format:: + Specifies which key format to use when signing with `--gpg-sign`. + Default is "openpgp" and another possible value is "x509". + +gpg.<format>.program:: + Use this to customize the program used for the signing format you + chose. (see `gpg.program` and `gpg.format`) `gpg.program` can still + be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default + value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm". + gui.commitMsgWidth:: Defines how wide the commit message window is in the linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default. @@ -3327,12 +3394,13 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore:: submodule.<name>.active:: Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git commands. This config option takes precedence over the - submodule.active config option. + submodule.active config option. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for + details. submodule.active:: A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git - commands. + commands. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details. submodule.recurse:: Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This @@ -3479,6 +3547,13 @@ 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). +uploadpack.allowRefInWant:: + If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support the `ref-in-want` + feature of the protocol version 2 `fetch` command. This feature + is intended for the benefit of load-balanced servers which may + not have the same view of what OIDs their refs point to due to + replication delay. + 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 |