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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 3fd4b626fa..3f01bd929f 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -374,6 +374,15 @@ core.warnAmbiguousRefs:: If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default. +core.abbrevguard:: + Even though git makes sure that it uses enough hexdigits to show + an abbreviated object name unambiguously, as more objects are + added to the repository over time, a short name that used to be + unique will stop being unique. Git uses this many extra hexdigits + that are more than necessary to make the object name currently + unique, in the hope that its output will stay unique a bit longer. + Defaults to 0. + core.compression:: An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression, @@ -459,6 +468,12 @@ 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:: + 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`. + core.editor:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit messages by launching an editor uses the value of this @@ -507,6 +522,9 @@ core.whitespace:: part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space` does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return is not a whitespace (not enabled by default). +* `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this + 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:: This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files. @@ -599,8 +617,9 @@ branch.autosetupmerge:: this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the - starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is - done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote + starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` -- + automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a + local branch or remote-tracking branch. This option defaults to true. branch.autosetuprebase:: @@ -611,7 +630,7 @@ branch.autosetuprebase:: When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of other local branches. When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of - remote branches. + 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 @@ -678,7 +697,7 @@ color.branch:: color.branch.<slot>:: Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch), - `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other + `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other refs). + The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most @@ -706,7 +725,7 @@ 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. color.grep:: When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or @@ -1100,7 +1119,7 @@ gui.newbranchtemplate:: linkgit:git-gui[1]. gui.pruneduringfetch:: - "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when + "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when performing a fetch. The default value is "false". gui.trustmtime:: @@ -1529,11 +1548,13 @@ pack.packSizeLimit:: supported. pager.<cmd>:: - Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a - particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If - `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line, - it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for - all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`. + If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the + output of a particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. + Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the + pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `\--paginate` + or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes + precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all + commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`. pretty.<name>:: Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in @@ -1735,6 +1756,7 @@ sendemail.to:: sendemail.smtpdomain:: sendemail.smtpserver:: sendemail.smtpserverport:: +sendemail.smtpserveroption:: sendemail.smtpuser:: sendemail.thread:: sendemail.validate:: |