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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/advice.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/checkout.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/clone.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/core.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/credential.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/format.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/gc.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/help.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/maintenance.txt43
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/push.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/transfer.txt4
11 files changed, 101 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
index bdd37c3eaa..acbd0c09aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ advice.*::
that the check is disabled.
pushUpdateRejected::
Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
- 'pushNonFFCurrent',
- 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
- 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
+ 'pushNonFFCurrent', 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
+ 'pushFetchFirst', 'pushNeedsForce', and 'pushRefNeedsUpdate'
simultaneously.
pushNonFFCurrent::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
@@ -41,6 +40,10 @@ advice.*::
we can still suggest that the user push to either
refs/heads/* or refs/tags/* based on the type of the
source object.
+ pushRefNeedsUpdate::
+ Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects a forced update of
+ a branch when its remote-tracking ref has updates that we
+ do not have locally.
statusAheadBehind::
Shown when linkgit:git-status[1] computes the ahead/behind
counts for a local ref compared to its remote tracking ref,
diff --git a/Documentation/config/checkout.txt b/Documentation/config/checkout.txt
index 6b646813ab..2cddf7b4b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/checkout.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
checkout.defaultRemote::
- When you run 'git checkout <something>'
- or 'git switch <something>' and only have one
+ When you run `git checkout <something>`
+ or `git switch <something>` and only have one
remote, it may implicitly fall back on checking out and
- tracking e.g. 'origin/<something>'. This stops working as soon
- as you have more than one remote with a '<something>'
+ tracking e.g. `origin/<something>`. This stops working as soon
+ as you have more than one remote with a `<something>`
reference. This setting allows for setting the name of a
preferred remote that should always win when it comes to
disambiguation. The typical use-case is to set this to
`origin`.
+
Currently this is used by linkgit:git-switch[1] and
-linkgit:git-checkout[1] when 'git checkout <something>'
-or 'git switch <something>'
-will checkout the '<something>' branch on another remote,
-and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when 'git worktree add' refers to a
+linkgit:git-checkout[1] when `git checkout <something>`
+or `git switch <something>`
+will checkout the `<something>` branch on another remote,
+and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when `git worktree add` refers to a
remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like
commands or functionality in the future.
+
+checkout.guess::
+ Provides the default value for the `--guess` or `--no-guess`
+ option in `git checkout` and `git switch`. See
+ linkgit:git-switch[1] and linkgit:git-checkout[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/config/clone.txt b/Documentation/config/clone.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47de36a5fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/clone.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+clone.defaultRemoteName::
+ The name of the remote to create when cloning a repository. Defaults to
+ `origin`, and can be overridden by passing the `--origin` command-line
+ option to linkgit:git-clone[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
index 02002cf109..160aacad84 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/core.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ core.useReplaceRefs::
core.multiPackIndex::
Use the multi-pack-index file to track multiple packfiles using a
- single index. See link:technical/multi-pack-index.html[the
- multi-pack-index design document].
+ single index. See linkgit:git-multi-pack-index[1] for more
+ information. Defaults to true.
core.sparseCheckout::
Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/credential.txt b/Documentation/config/credential.txt
index 9d01641c28..512f31876e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/credential.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/credential.txt
@@ -28,3 +28,9 @@ credential.<url>.*::
credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
+
+credentialStore.lockTimeoutMS::
+ The length of time, in milliseconds, for git-credential-store to retry
+ when trying to lock the credentials file. Value 0 means not to retry at
+ all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e., retry for
+ 1s).
diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt
index c2efd8758a..fdbc06a4d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ format.thread::
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
+ format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the `Signed-off-by` trailer 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.
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ format.outputDirectory::
Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
current working directory. All directory components will be created.
+format.filenameMaxLength::
+ The maximum length of the output filenames generated by the
+ `format-patch` command; defaults to 64. Can be overridden
+ by the `--filename-max-length=<n>` command line option.
+
format.useAutoBase::
A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
format-patch by default. Can also be set to "whenAble" to allow
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
index 00ea0a678e..c834e07991 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ gc.autoDetach::
gc.bigPackThreshold::
If non-zero, all packs larger than this limit are kept when
- `git gc` is run. This is very similar to `--keep-base-pack`
+ `git gc` is run. This is very similar to `--keep-largest-pack`
except that all packs that meet the threshold are kept, not
- just the base pack. Defaults to zero. Common unit suffixes of
+ just the largest pack. Defaults to zero. Common unit suffixes of
'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
+
Note that if the number of kept packs is more than gc.autoPackLimit,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ gc.autoPackLimit and gc.bigPackThreshold should be respected again.
If the amount of memory estimated for `git repack` to run smoothly is
not available and `gc.bigPackThreshold` is not set, the largest pack
will also be excluded (this is the equivalent of running `git gc` with
-`--keep-base-pack`).
+`--keep-largest-pack`).
gc.writeCommitGraph::
If true, then gc will rewrite the commit-graph file when
diff --git a/Documentation/config/help.txt b/Documentation/config/help.txt
index 224bbf5a28..783a90a0f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/help.txt
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ help.format::
the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
help.autoCorrect::
- Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
- waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
- than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
- will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
- the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
- value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
- This is the default.
+ If git detects typos and can identify exactly one valid command similar
+ to the error, git will automatically run the intended command after
+ waiting a duration of time defined by this configuration value in
+ deciseconds (0.1 sec). If this value is 0, the suggested corrections
+ will be shown, but not executed. If it is a negative integer, or
+ "immediate", the suggested command
+ is run immediately. If "never", suggestions are not shown at all. The
+ default value is zero.
help.htmlPath::
Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
diff --git a/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt b/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt
index 7cc6700d57..a5ead09e4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+maintenance.auto::
+ This boolean config option controls whether some commands run
+ `git maintenance run --auto` after doing their normal work. Defaults
+ to true.
+
+maintenance.strategy::
+ This string config option provides a way to specify one of a few
+ recommended schedules for background maintenance. This only affects
+ which tasks are run during `git maintenance run --schedule=X`
+ commands, provided no `--task=<task>` arguments are provided.
+ Further, if a `maintenance.<task>.schedule` config value is set,
+ then that value is used instead of the one provided by
+ `maintenance.strategy`. The possible strategy strings are:
++
+* `none`: This default setting implies no task are run at any schedule.
+* `incremental`: This setting optimizes for performing small maintenance
+ activities that do not delete any data. This does not schedule the `gc`
+ task, but runs the `prefetch` and `commit-graph` tasks hourly and the
+ `loose-objects` and `incremental-repack` tasks daily.
+
maintenance.<task>.enabled::
This boolean config option controls whether the maintenance task
with name `<task>` is run when no `--task` option is specified to
@@ -5,6 +25,11 @@ maintenance.<task>.enabled::
`--task` option exists. By default, only `maintenance.gc.enabled`
is true.
+maintenance.<task>.schedule::
+ This config option controls whether or not the given `<task>` runs
+ during a `git maintenance run --schedule=<frequency>` command. The
+ value must be one of "hourly", "daily", or "weekly".
+
maintenance.commit-graph.auto::
This integer config option controls how often the `commit-graph` task
should be run as part of `git maintenance run --auto`. If zero, then
@@ -14,3 +39,21 @@ maintenance.commit-graph.auto::
reachable commits that are not in the commit-graph file is at least
the value of `maintenance.commit-graph.auto`. The default value is
100.
+
+maintenance.loose-objects.auto::
+ This integer config option controls how often the `loose-objects` task
+ should be run as part of `git maintenance run --auto`. If zero, then
+ the `loose-objects` task will not run with the `--auto` option. A
+ negative value will force the task to run every time. Otherwise, a
+ positive value implies the command should run when the number of
+ loose objects is at least the value of `maintenance.loose-objects.auto`.
+ The default value is 100.
+
+maintenance.incremental-repack.auto::
+ This integer config option controls how often the `incremental-repack`
+ task should be run as part of `git maintenance run --auto`. If zero,
+ then the `incremental-repack` task will not run with the `--auto`
+ option. A negative value will force the task to run every time.
+ Otherwise, a positive value implies the command should run when the
+ number of pack-files not in the multi-pack-index is at least the value
+ of `maintenance.incremental-repack.auto`. The default value is 10.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/push.txt b/Documentation/config/push.txt
index f5e5b38c68..21b256e0a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/push.txt
@@ -114,3 +114,9 @@ push.recurseSubmodules::
specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
If not set, 'no' is used by default, unless 'submodule.recurse' is
set (in which case a 'true' value means 'on-demand').
+
+push.useForceIfIncludes::
+ If set to "true", it is equivalent to specifying
+ `--force-if-includes` as an option to linkgit:git-push[1]
+ in the command line. Adding `--no-force-if-includes` at the
+ time of push overrides this configuration setting.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/transfer.txt b/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
index f5b6245270..505126a780 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
@@ -69,3 +69,7 @@ transfer.unpackLimit::
When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
The default value is 100.
+
+transfer.advertiseSID::
+ Boolean. When true, client and server processes will advertise their
+ unique session IDs to their remote counterpart. Defaults to false.