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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.
The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either
a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
-0/1, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
+1/0, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier;
'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ core.worktree::
Set the path to the root of the working tree.
This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
variable and the '--work-tree' command line option.
- The value can an absolute path or relative to the path to
+ The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
@@ -376,15 +376,6 @@ 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,
@@ -451,8 +442,6 @@ for most projects as source code and other text files can still
be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
+
Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
-+
-Currently only linkgit:git-fast-import[1] honors this setting.
core.excludesfile::
In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
@@ -567,6 +556,12 @@ core.sparseCheckout::
Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
+core.abbrev::
+ Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If unspecified,
+ many commands abbreviate to 7 hexdigits, which may not be enough
+ for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long
+ time.
+
add.ignore-errors::
add.ignoreErrors::
Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
@@ -592,6 +587,8 @@ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
not necessarily be the current directory.
+'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
+from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
am.keepcr::
If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
@@ -646,7 +643,7 @@ branch.<name>.remote::
branch.<name>.merge::
Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
- for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull' which
+ for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
@@ -711,9 +708,16 @@ second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
doesn't matter.
color.diff::
- When set to `always`, always use colors in patch.
- When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
- colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
+ Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
+ If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
+ linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
+ for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
+ commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
+ Defaults to false.
++
+This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] nor the
+'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
+command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
color.diff.<slot>::
Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
@@ -799,11 +803,15 @@ color.status.<slot>::
color.branch.<slot>.
color.ui::
- When set to `always`, always use colors in all git commands which
- are capable of colored output. When false (or `never`), never. When
- set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is to the
- terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
- take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
+ This variable determines the default value for variables such
+ as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
+ per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
+ configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
+ to `always` if you want all output not intended for machine
+ consumption to use color, to `true` or `auto` if you want such
+ output to use color when written to the terminal, or to `false` or
+ `never` if you prefer git commands not to use color unless enabled
+ explicitly with some other configuration or the `--color` option.
commit.status::
A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
@@ -815,68 +823,7 @@ commit.template::
"{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the
specified user's home directory.
-diff.autorefreshindex::
- When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree
- files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
- Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
- update the cached stat information for paths whose
- contents in the work tree match the contents in the
- index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
- affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
- 'diff' commands such as 'git diff-files'.
-
-diff.external::
- If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
- performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
- given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
- environment variable. The command is called with parameters
- as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if
- you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
- your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
-
-diff.mnemonicprefix::
- If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
- standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
- this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
- the order of the prefixes:
-`git diff`;;
- compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
-`git diff HEAD`;;
- compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
-`git diff --cached`;;
- compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
-`git diff HEAD:file1 file2`;;
- compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
-`git diff --no-index a b`;;
- compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
-
-diff.noprefix::
- If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
-
-diff.renameLimit::
- The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
- detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
-
-diff.renames::
- Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
- will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
- "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
-
-diff.ignoreSubmodules::
- Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
- affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
- commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors
- this setting when reporting uncommitted changes.
-
-diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
- A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
- before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
-
-diff.tool::
- Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides
- `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has
- the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge"
- and plus "kompare".
+include::diff-config.txt[]
difftool.<tool>.path::
Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
@@ -900,9 +847,13 @@ diff.wordRegex::
characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
fetch.recurseSubmodules::
- A boolean value which changes the behavior for fetch and pull, the
- default is to not recursively fetch populated submodules unless
- configured otherwise.
+ This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
+ Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
+ unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
+ recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
+ value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
+ when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
+ reference.
fetch.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects fetched over the git native
@@ -976,6 +927,16 @@ format.signoff::
the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
+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
+ details.
+
+filter.<driver>.smudge::
+ The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
+ object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
+ linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
+
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
@@ -1101,6 +1062,12 @@ All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
access method.
+grep.lineNumber::
+ If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
+
+grep.extendedRegexp::
+ If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
+
gui.commitmsgwidth::
Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
@@ -1342,9 +1309,16 @@ instaweb.port::
interactive.singlekey::
In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
- Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of
- linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently
- ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
+ Currently this is used by the `\--patch` mode of
+ linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
+ linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
+ setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
+ is not available.
+
+log.abbrevCommit::
+ If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
+ linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `\--abbrev-commit`. You may
+ override this option with `\--no-abbrev-commit`.
log.date::
Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
@@ -1591,7 +1565,8 @@ push.default::
* `matching` - push all matching branches.
All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
matching. This is the default.
-* `tracking` - push the current branch to its upstream branch.
+* `upstream` - push the current branch to its upstream branch.
+* `tracking` - deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
* `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
rebase.stat::
@@ -1819,7 +1794,7 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
- This option can be used to enable/disable recursive fetching of this
+ This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
command line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]