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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/advice.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/branch.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/core.txt | 14 | ||||
| -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/merge.txt | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/pack.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/pull.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/rebase.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/repack.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/trace2.txt | 56 |
13 files changed, 134 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt index 88620429ea..ec4f6ae658 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt @@ -90,4 +90,6 @@ advice.*:: waitingForEditor:: Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for editor input from the user. + nestedTag:: + Advice shown if a user attempts to recursively tag a tag object. -- 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 7e9b6c8f4c..75538d27e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/core.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt @@ -414,7 +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, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore` is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. @@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ core.askPass:: command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT. core.attributesFile:: - In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and - '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes + In addition to `.gitattributes` (per-directory) and + `.git/info/attributes`, Git looks into this file for attributes (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not @@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ core.attributesFile:: core.hooksPath:: By default Git will look for your hooks in the - '$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/merge.txt b/Documentation/config/merge.txt index d389c73929..6a313937f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/merge.txt @@ -39,9 +39,22 @@ merge.renameLimit:: is turned off. merge.renames:: - Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false", - rename detection is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename - detection is enabled. Defaults to the value of diff.renames. + Whether Git detects renames. If set to "false", rename detection + is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename detection is enabled. + Defaults to the value of diff.renames. + +merge.directoryRenames:: + Whether Git detects directory renames, affecting what happens at + merge time to new files added to a directory on one side of + history when that directory was renamed on the other side of + history. If merge.directoryRenames is set to "false", directory + rename detection is disabled, meaning that such new files will be + left behind in the old directory. If set to "true", directory + rename detection is enabled, meaning that such new files will be + moved into the new directory. If set to "conflict", a conflict + will be reported for such paths. If merge.renames is false, + merge.directoryRenames is ignored and treated as false. Defaults + to "conflict". merge.renormalize:: Tell Git that canonical representation of files in the diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.txt b/Documentation/config/pack.txt index 425c73aa52..9cdcfa7324 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/pack.txt @@ -124,6 +124,4 @@ pack.writeBitmapHashCache:: bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4 - bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap - implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if - Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false. + bytes per object of disk space. Defaults to true. 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 331d250e04..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 diff --git a/Documentation/config/repack.txt b/Documentation/config/repack.txt index a5c37813fd..9c413e177e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/repack.txt @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ repack.writeBitmaps:: packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has no effect if multiple packfiles are created. - Defaults to false. + Defaults to true on bare repos, false otherwise. diff --git a/Documentation/config/trace2.txt b/Documentation/config/trace2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a5f409c1c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/trace2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +Trace2 config settings are only read from the system and global +config files; repository local and worktree config files and `-c` +command line arguments are not respected. + +trace2.normalTarget:: + This variable controls the normal target destination. + It may be overridden by the `GIT_TR2` environment variable. + The following table shows possible values. + +trace2.perfTarget:: + This variable controls the performance target destination. + It may be overridden by the `GIT_TR2_PERF` environment variable. + The following table shows possible values. + +trace2.eventTarget:: + This variable controls the event target destination. + It may be overridden by the `GIT_TR2_EVENT` environment variable. + The following table shows possible values. ++ +include::../trace2-target-values.txt[] + +trace2.normalBrief:: + Boolean. When true `time`, `filename`, and `line` fields are + omitted from normal output. May be overridden by the + `GIT_TR2_BRIEF` environment variable. Defaults to false. + +trace2.perfBrief:: + Boolean. When true `time`, `filename`, and `line` fields are + omitted from PERF output. May be overridden by the + `GIT_TR2_PERF_BRIEF` environment variable. Defaults to false. + +trace2.eventBrief:: + Boolean. When true `time`, `filename`, and `line` fields are + omitted from event output. May be overridden by the + `GIT_TR2_EVENT_BRIEF` environment variable. Defaults to false. + +trace2.eventNesting:: + Integer. Specifies desired depth of nested regions in the + event output. Regions deeper than this value will be + omitted. May be overridden by the `GIT_TR2_EVENT_NESTING` + environment variable. Defaults to 2. + +trace2.configParams:: + A comma-separated list of patterns of "important" config + settings that should be recorded in the trace2 output. + For example, `core.*,remote.*.url` would cause the trace2 + output to contain events listing each configured remote. + May be overridden by the `GIT_TR2_CONFIG_PARAMS` environment + variable. Unset by default. + +trace2.destinationDebug:: + Boolean. When true Git will print error messages when a + trace target destination cannot be opened for writing. + By default, these errors are suppressed and tracing is + silently disabled. May be overridden by the + `GIT_TR2_DST_DEBUG` environment variable. |