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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/advice.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/blame.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/checkout.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/color.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/index.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/log.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/merge.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/pack.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/push.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/stash.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt9
11 files changed, 72 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
index acbd0c09aa..8b2849ff7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
@@ -119,4 +119,8 @@ advice.*::
addEmptyPathspec::
Advice shown if a user runs the add command without providing
the pathspec parameter.
+ updateSparsePath::
+ Advice shown when either linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-rm[1]
+ is asked to update index entries outside the current sparse
+ checkout.
--
diff --git a/Documentation/config/blame.txt b/Documentation/config/blame.txt
index 9468e8599c..4d047c1790 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/blame.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ blame.ignoreRevsFile::
file names will reset the list of ignored revisions. This option will
be handled before the command line option `--ignore-revs-file`.
-blame.markUnblamables::
+blame.markUnblamableLines::
Mark lines that were changed by an ignored revision that we could not
attribute to another commit with a '*' in the output of
linkgit:git-blame[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/config/checkout.txt b/Documentation/config/checkout.txt
index 2cddf7b4b4..bfbca90f0e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/checkout.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,24 @@ 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].
+
+checkout.workers::
+ The number of parallel workers to use when updating the working tree.
+ The default is one, i.e. sequential execution. If set to a value less
+ than one, Git will use as many workers as the number of logical cores
+ available. This setting and `checkout.thresholdForParallelism` affect
+ all commands that perform checkout. E.g. checkout, clone, reset,
+ sparse-checkout, etc.
++
+Note: parallel checkout usually delivers better performance for repositories
+located on SSDs or over NFS. For repositories on spinning disks and/or machines
+with a small number of cores, the default sequential checkout often performs
+better. The size and compression level of a repository might also influence how
+well the parallel version performs.
+
+checkout.thresholdForParallelism::
+ When running parallel checkout with a small number of files, the cost
+ of subprocess spawning and inter-process communication might outweigh
+ the parallelization gains. This setting allows to define the minimum
+ number of files for which parallel checkout should be attempted. The
+ default is 100.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/color.txt b/Documentation/config/color.txt
index d5daacb13a..e05d520a86 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/color.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/color.txt
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ color.interactive.<slot>::
interactive commands.
color.pager::
- A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
- use (default is true).
+ A boolean to specify whether `auto` color modes should colorize
+ output going to the pager. Defaults to true; set this to false
+ if your pager does not understand ANSI color codes.
color.push::
A boolean to enable/disable color in push errors. May be set to
diff --git a/Documentation/config/index.txt b/Documentation/config/index.txt
index 7cb50b37e9..75f3a2d105 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/index.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ index.recordOffsetTable::
Defaults to 'true' if index.threads has been explicitly enabled,
'false' otherwise.
+index.sparse::
+ When enabled, write the index using sparse-directory entries. This
+ has no effect unless `core.sparseCheckout` and
+ `core.sparseCheckoutCone` are both enabled. Defaults to 'false'.
+
index.threads::
Specifies the number of threads to spawn when loading the index.
This is meant to reduce index load time on multiprocessor machines.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/log.txt b/Documentation/config/log.txt
index 208d5fdcaa..456eb07800 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/log.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ log.excludeDecoration::
the config option can be overridden by the `--decorate-refs`
option.
+log.diffMerges::
+ Set default diff format to be used for merge commits. See
+ `--diff-merges` in linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
+ Defaults to `separate`.
+
log.follow::
If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
diff --git a/Documentation/config/merge.txt b/Documentation/config/merge.txt
index cb2ed58907..6b66c83eab 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/merge.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ merge.defaultToUpstream::
branches at the remote named by `branch.<current branch>.remote`
are consulted, and then they are mapped via `remote.<remote>.fetch`
to their corresponding remote-tracking branches, and the tips of
- these tracking branches are merged.
+ these tracking branches are merged. Defaults to true.
merge.ff::
By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.txt b/Documentation/config/pack.txt
index c0844d8d8e..763f7af7c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/pack.txt
@@ -99,12 +99,23 @@ pack.packSizeLimit::
packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results
- in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents
- bitmaps from being created.
- The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
- The default is unlimited.
- Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
- supported.
+ in the creation of multiple packfiles.
++
+Note that this option is rarely useful, and may result in a larger total
+on-disk size (because Git will not store deltas between packs), as well
+as worse runtime performance (object lookup within multiple packs is
+slower than a single pack, and optimizations like reachability bitmaps
+cannot cope with multiple packs).
++
+If you need to actively run Git using smaller packfiles (e.g., because your
+filesystem does not support large files), this option may help. But if
+your goal is to transmit a packfile over a medium that supports limited
+sizes (e.g., removable media that cannot store the whole repository),
+you are likely better off creating a single large packfile and splitting
+it using a generic multi-volume archive tool (e.g., Unix `split`).
++
+The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited.
+Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
pack.useBitmaps::
When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
diff --git a/Documentation/config/push.txt b/Documentation/config/push.txt
index 21b256e0a4..f2667b2689 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/push.txt
@@ -120,3 +120,10 @@ push.useForceIfIncludes::
`--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.
+
+push.negotiate::
+ If set to "true", attempt to reduce the size of the packfile
+ sent by rounds of negotiation in which the client and the
+ server attempt to find commits in common. If "false", Git will
+ rely solely on the server's ref advertisement to find commits
+ in common.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/stash.txt b/Documentation/config/stash.txt
index 413f907cba..9ed775281f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/stash.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ stash.useBuiltin::
remaining users that setting this now does nothing.
stash.showIncludeUntracked::
- If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
- option will show the untracked files of a stash entry. Defaults to
- false. See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
+ If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command will show
+ the untracked files of a stash entry. Defaults to false. See
+ description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
stash.showPatch::
If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
diff --git a/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt b/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt
index b0d761282c..32fad5bbe8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt
@@ -59,15 +59,16 @@ uploadpack.allowFilter::
uploadpackfilter.allow::
Provides a default value for unspecified object filters (see: the
- below configuration variable).
+ below configuration variable). If set to `true`, this will also
+ enable all filters which get added in the future.
Defaults to `true`.
uploadpackfilter.<filter>.allow::
Explicitly allow or ban the object filter corresponding to
`<filter>`, where `<filter>` may be one of: `blob:none`,
- `blob:limit`, `tree`, `sparse:oid`, or `combine`. If using
- combined filters, both `combine` and all of the nested filter
- kinds must be allowed. Defaults to `uploadpackfilter.allow`.
+ `blob:limit`, `object:type`, `tree`, `sparse:oid`, or `combine`.
+ If using combined filters, both `combine` and all of the nested
+ filter kinds must be allowed. Defaults to `uploadpackfilter.allow`.
uploadpackfilter.tree.maxDepth::
Only allow `--filter=tree:<n>` when `<n>` is no more than the value of