diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/advice.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/branch.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/core.txt | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/diff.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/fsck.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/gc.txt | 40 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/gpg.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/http.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/pack.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/pull.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/rebase.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/user.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/worktree.txt | 4 |
13 files changed, 110 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt index 57fcd4c862..88620429ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt @@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ advice.*:: tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish. + pushUnqualifiedRefname:: + Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] gives up trying to + guess based on the source and destination refs what + remote ref namespace the source belongs in, but where + we can still suggest that the user push to either + refs/heads/* or refs/tags/* based on the type of the + source object. statusHints:: Show directions on how to proceed from the current state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.txt b/Documentation/config/branch.txt index 019d60ede2..8f4b3faadd 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/branch.txt @@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase' so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details). + -When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' -so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened -by running 'git pull'. +When `preserve` (deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass +`--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' so that locally committed merge +commits will not be flattened by running 'git pull'. + When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode. + 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 diff --git a/Documentation/config/diff.txt b/Documentation/config/diff.txt index e48bb987d7..2c4c9ba27a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/diff.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ diff.autoRefreshIndex:: diff.dirstat:: A comma separated list of `--dirstat` parameters specifying the - default behavior of the `--dirstat` option to linkgit:git-diff[1]` + default behavior of the `--dirstat` option to linkgit:git-diff[1] and friends. The defaults can be overridden on the command line (using `--dirstat=<param1,param2,...>`). The fallback defaults (when not changed by `diff.dirstat`) are `changes,noncumulative,3`. @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ diff.external:: 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. + your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead. diff.ignoreSubmodules:: Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this diff --git a/Documentation/config/fsck.txt b/Documentation/config/fsck.txt index 879c5a29c4..450e8c38e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/fsck.txt @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ When `fsck.<msg-id>` is set, errors can be switched to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `fsck.<msg-id>` setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning -with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line -- missing email" means that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will -hide that issue. +with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer +line - missing email" means that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` +will hide that issue. + In general, it is better to enumerate existing objects with problems with `fsck.skipList`, instead of listing the kind of breakages these diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt index c6fbb8a96f..02b92b18b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt @@ -1,25 +1,42 @@ gc.aggressiveDepth:: The depth parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults - to 50. + to 50, which is the default for the `--depth` option when + `--aggressive` isn't in use. ++ +See the documentation for the `--depth` option in +linkgit:git-repack[1] for more details. gc.aggressiveWindow:: The window size parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults - to 250. + to 250, which is a much more aggressive window size than + the default `--window` of 10. ++ +See the documentation for the `--window` option in +linkgit:git-repack[1] for more details. gc.auto:: When there are approximately more than this many loose objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them. Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The - default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it. + default value is 6700. ++ +Setting this to 0 disables not only automatic packing based on the +number of loose objects, but any other heuristic `git gc --auto` will +otherwise use to determine if there's work to do, such as +`gc.autoPackLimit`. gc.autoPackLimit:: When there are more than this many packs that are not marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The - default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it. + default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it. + Setting `gc.auto` to 0 will also disable this. ++ +See the `gc.bigPackThreshold` configuration variable below. When in +use, it'll affect how the auto pack limit works. gc.autoDetach:: Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background @@ -36,11 +53,16 @@ Note that if the number of kept packs is more than gc.autoPackLimit, this configuration variable is ignored, all packs except the base pack will be repacked. After this the number of packs should go below 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`). gc.writeCommitGraph:: If true, then gc will rewrite the commit-graph file when - linkgit:git-gc[1] is run. When using linkgit:git-gc[1] - '--auto' the commit-graph will be updated if housekeeping is + linkgit:git-gc[1] is run. When using `git gc --auto` + the commit-graph will be updated if housekeeping is required. Default is false. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for details. @@ -94,6 +116,12 @@ gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable:: With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that match the <pattern>. ++ +These types of entries are generally created as a result of using `git +commit --amend` or `git rebase` and are the commits prior to the amend +or rebase occurring. Since these changes are not part of the current +project most users will want to expire them sooner, which is why the +default is more aggressive than `gc.reflogExpire`. gc.rerereResolved:: Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt index 590fe0d4ba..f999f8ea49 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt @@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ gpg.format:: gpg.<format>.program:: Use this to customize the program used for the signing format you chose. (see `gpg.program` and `gpg.format`) `gpg.program` can still - be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default + be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm". diff --git a/Documentation/config/http.txt b/Documentation/config/http.txt index a56d848bc0..5a32f5b0a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/http.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/http.txt @@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ http.saveCookies:: If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset. +http.version:: + Use the specified HTTP protocol version when communicating with a server. + If you want to force the default. The available and default version depend + on libcurl. Actually the possible values of + this option are: + + - HTTP/2 + - HTTP/1.1 + http.sslVersion:: The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you want to force the default. The available and default version diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.txt b/Documentation/config/pack.txt index edac75c83f..425c73aa52 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/pack.txt @@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ pack.useBitmaps:: true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless you are debugging pack bitmaps. +pack.useSparse:: + When true, git will default to using the '--sparse' option in + 'git pack-objects' when the '--revs' option is present. This + algorithm only walks trees that appear in paths that introduce new + objects. This can have significant performance benefits when + computing a pack to send a small change. However, it is possible + that extra objects are added to the pack-file if the included + commits contain certain types of direct renames. + pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated):: This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`. diff --git a/Documentation/config/pull.txt b/Documentation/config/pull.txt index bb23a9947d..b87cab31b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/pull.txt @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase' so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details). + -When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' -so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened -by running 'git pull'. +When `preserve` (deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass +`--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' so that locally committed merge +commits will not be flattened by running 'git pull'. + When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode. + diff --git a/Documentation/config/rebase.txt b/Documentation/config/rebase.txt index f079bf6b7e..d98e32d812 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/rebase.txt @@ -1,16 +1,9 @@ rebase.useBuiltin:: - Set to `false` to use the legacy shellscript implementation of - linkgit:git-rebase[1]. Is `true` by default, which means use - the built-in rewrite of it in C. -+ -The C rewrite is first included with Git version 2.20. This option -serves an an escape hatch to re-enable the legacy version in case any -bugs are found in the rewrite. This option and the shellscript version -of linkgit:git-rebase[1] will be removed in some future release. -+ -If you find some reason to set this option to `false` other than -one-off testing you should report the behavior difference as a bug in -git. + Unused configuration variable. Used in Git versions 2.20 and + 2.21 as an escape hatch to enable the legacy shellscript + implementation of rebase. Now the built-in rewrite of it in C + is always used. Setting this will emit a warning, to alert any + remaining users that setting this now does nothing. rebase.stat:: Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last @@ -64,3 +57,8 @@ instead of: ------------------------------------------- + Defaults to false. + +rebase.rescheduleFailedExec:: + Automatically reschedule `exec` commands that failed. This only makes + sense in interactive mode (or when an `--exec` option was provided). + This is the same as specifying the `--reschedule-failed-exec` option. diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt index b5b2ba1199..0557cbbceb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/user.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ -user.email:: - Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits. - Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and - `EMAIL` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. - user.name:: - Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits. - Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME` - environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. +user.email:: +author.name:: +author.email:: +committer.name:: +committer.email:: + The `user.name` and `user.email` variables determine what ends + up in the `author` and `committer` field of commit + objects. + If you need the `author` or `committer` to be different, the + `author.name`, `author.email`, `committer.name` or + `committer.email` variables can be set. + Also, all of these can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME`, + `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`, + `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL` and `EMAIL` environment variables. + See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] for more information. user.useConfigOnly:: Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email` diff --git a/Documentation/config/worktree.txt b/Documentation/config/worktree.txt index b853798fc2..048e349482 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/worktree.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ worktree.guessRemote:: - With `add`, if no branch argument, and neither of `-b` nor - `-B` nor `--detach` are given, the command defaults to + If no branch is specified and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor + `--detach` is used, then `git worktree add` defaults to creating a new branch from HEAD. If `worktree.guessRemote` is set to true, `worktree add` tries to find a remote-tracking branch whose name uniquely matches the new branch name. If |