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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index bbba728d09..6e53fc5074 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ advice.*:: the template shown when writing commit messages in linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch. + statusUoption:: + Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1] + when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked + files. commitBeforeMerge:: Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to merge to avoid overwriting local changes. @@ -408,7 +412,7 @@ repository's usual working tree). core.logAllRefUpdates:: Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old - SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but + SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but only when the file exists. If this configuration variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under @@ -443,7 +447,7 @@ core.sharedRepository:: 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. + and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default. core.compression:: An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level. @@ -551,7 +555,7 @@ core.commentchar:: (default '#'). sequence.editor:: - Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase insn file. + Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction 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. @@ -723,9 +727,22 @@ branch.autosetuprebase:: This option defaults to never. branch.<name>.remote:: - When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' which - remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is - configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch. + When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' + which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to + may be overridden with `remote.pushdefault` (for all branches). + The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further + overridden by `branch.<name>.pushremote`. If no remote is + configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to + `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault` for pushing. + +branch.<name>.pushremote:: + When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for + pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushdefault` for pushing + from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your + upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing + repository), you would want to set `remote.pushdefault` to + specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this + option to override it for a specific branch. branch.<name>.merge:: Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch @@ -790,7 +807,8 @@ 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 remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other + `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), + `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other refs). + The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most @@ -1086,11 +1104,16 @@ format.thread:: value disables threading. format.signoff:: - A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of - format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a - patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have - the rights to submit this work under the same open source license. - Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion. + A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of + format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a + patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have + the rights to submit this work under the same open source license. + Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion. + +format.coverLetter:: + A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when + 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. filter.<driver>.clean:: The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree @@ -1202,7 +1225,7 @@ gitcvs.dbname:: gitcvs.dbdriver:: Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver - for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested + for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature. May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'. @@ -1443,6 +1466,14 @@ http.sslCAPath:: with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable. +http.sslTry:: + Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers + when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed + if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish + to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it. + Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification + errors on misconfigured servers. + http.maxRequests:: How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5. @@ -1894,6 +1925,11 @@ receive.updateserverinfo:: If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info after receiving data from git-push and updating refs. +remote.pushdefault:: + The remote to push to by default. Overrides + `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by + `branch.<name>.pushremote` for specific branches. + remote.<name>.url:: The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or linkgit:git-push[1]. @@ -1994,6 +2030,7 @@ sendemail.<identity>.*:: sendemail.aliasesfile:: sendemail.aliasfiletype:: +sendemail.annotate:: sendemail.bcc:: sendemail.cc:: sendemail.cccmd:: @@ -2119,7 +2156,13 @@ uploadpack.hiderefs:: are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this variable is excluded, and is hidden from `git ls-remote`, `git fetch`, etc. An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git - fetch` will fail. + fetch` will fail. See also `uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant`. + +uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant:: + When `uploadpack.hiderefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack` + to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip + of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected). + see also `uploadpack.hiderefs`. url.<base>.insteadOf:: Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to |