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@@ -308,6 +308,15 @@ core.trustctime::
crawlers and some backup systems).
See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
+core.untrackedCache::
+ Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
+ index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
+ `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
+ it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
+ setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
+ properly on your system.
+ See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
+
core.checkStat::
Determines which stat fields to match between the index
and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
@@ -870,6 +879,8 @@ When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
by running 'git pull'.
+
+When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
++
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
for details).
@@ -1243,6 +1254,10 @@ format.coverLetter::
format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
+format.outputDirectory::
+ Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
+ current working directory.
+
filter.<driver>.clean::
The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
@@ -1450,6 +1465,14 @@ grep.extendedRegexp::
option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value
other than 'default'.
+grep.threads::
+ Number of grep worker threads to use.
+ See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.
+
+grep.fallbackToNoIndex::
+ If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep
+ is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false.
+
gpg.program::
Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when
making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
@@ -1596,9 +1619,40 @@ help.htmlPath::
http.proxy::
Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
- 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see
- `curl(1)`). This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see
- remote.<name>.proxy
+ 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In
+ addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a
+ proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will
+ attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See
+ linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is
+ '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden
+ on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
+
+http.proxyAuthMethod::
+ Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This
+ only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part
+ (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be
+ overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`.
+ Both can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD' environment
+ variable. Possible values are:
++
+--
+* `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is
+ assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407
+ status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported
+ authentication methods. This is the default.
+* `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication
+* `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being
+ transmitted to the proxy in clear text
+* `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option
+ of `curl(1)`)
+* `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`)
+--
+
+http.emptyAuth::
+ Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This
+ can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying
+ a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for
+ authentication.
http.cookieFile::
File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used
@@ -2082,7 +2136,7 @@ pack.indexVersion::
larger than 2 GB.
+
If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
-cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")
+cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http")
that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
@@ -2157,6 +2211,8 @@ When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
by running 'git pull'.
+
+When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
++
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
for details).
@@ -2415,6 +2471,11 @@ remote.<name>.proxy::
the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
disable proxying for that remote.
+remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod::
+ For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for
+ authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in
+ `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`.
+
remote.<name>.fetch::
The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
linkgit:git-fetch[1].
@@ -2783,6 +2844,16 @@ user.name::
Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
+user.useConfigOnly::
+ Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for 'user.email'
+ and 'user.name', and instead retrieve the values only from the
+ configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses
+ and would like to use a different one for each repository, then
+ with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config
+ along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before
+ making new commits in a newly cloned repository.
+ Defaults to `false`.
+
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