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diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt index d0e6635fe0..75538d27e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/core.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt @@ -121,11 +121,14 @@ core.quotePath:: core.eol:: Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for - files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false. + files that are marked as text (either by having the `text` + attribute set, or by having `text=auto` and Git auto-detecting + the contents as text). Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's native line ending. The default value is `native`. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line - conversion. + conversion. Note that this value is ignored if `core.autocrlf` + is set to `true` or `input`. core.safecrlf:: If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when @@ -411,7 +414,7 @@ Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. core.excludesFile:: Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition - to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'. + to `.gitignore` (per-directory) and `.git/info/exclude`. Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore` is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. @@ -426,8 +429,8 @@ core.askPass:: command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT. core.attributesFile:: - In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and - '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes + In addition to `.gitattributes` (per-directory) and + `.git/info/attributes`, Git looks into this file for attributes (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not @@ -435,10 +438,10 @@ core.attributesFile:: core.hooksPath:: By default Git will look for your hooks in the - '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path, - e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in - that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of - in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'. + `$GIT_DIR/hooks` directory. Set this to different path, + e.g. `/etc/git/hooks`, and Git will try to find your hooks in + that directory, e.g. `/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive` instead of + in `$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive`. + The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see |