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@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
fetch.recurseSubmodules::
- This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
+ This option controls whether `git fetch` (and the underlying fetch
+ in `git pull`) will recursively fetch into populated submodules.
+ This option can be set either 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
+ recurse unconditionally into submodules when set to true or to not
+ recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand', fetch and
+ pull will only recurse into a populated submodule when its
+ superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
reference.
+ Defaults to 'on-demand', or to the value of 'submodule.recurse' if set.
fetch.fsckObjects::
If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
@@ -57,7 +60,10 @@ fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::
sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by the
server. Set to "skipping" to use an algorithm that skips commits in an
effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary
- packfile; The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm
+ packfile; or set to "noop" to not send any information at all, which
+ will almost certainly result in a larger-than-necessary packfile, but
+ will skip the negotiation step.
+ The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm
that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one
of its descendants). If `feature.experimental` is enabled, then this
setting defaults to "skipping".
@@ -87,5 +93,4 @@ fetch.writeCommitGraph::
the existing commit-graph file(s). Occasionally, these files will
merge and the write may take longer. Having an updated commit-graph
file helps performance of many Git commands, including `git merge-base`,
- `git push -f`, and `git log --graph`. Defaults to false, unless
- `feature.experimental` is true.
+ `git push -f`, and `git log --graph`. Defaults to false.