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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/blame.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/diff.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/fetch.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/merge.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/pack.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/push.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/sendemail.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/submodule.txt5
8 files changed, 40 insertions, 28 deletions
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/diff.txt b/Documentation/config/diff.txt
index 2d3331f55c..32f84838ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/diff.txt
@@ -118,9 +118,10 @@ diff.orderFile::
relative to the top of the working tree.
diff.renameLimit::
- The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
- detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option `-l`. This setting
- has no effect if rename detection is turned off.
+ The number of files to consider in the exhaustive portion of
+ copy/rename detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option
+ `-l`. If not set, the default value is currently 1000. This
+ setting has no effect if rename detection is turned off.
diff.renames::
Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false",
diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
index 6af6f5edb2..63748c02b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::
setting defaults to "skipping".
Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out.
+
-See also the `--negotiation-tip` option for linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+See also the `--negotiate-only` and `--negotiation-tip` options to
+linkgit:git-fetch[1].
fetch.showForcedUpdates::
Set to false to enable `--no-show-forced-updates` in
diff --git a/Documentation/config/merge.txt b/Documentation/config/merge.txt
index cb2ed58907..e27cc63944 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
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ merge.verifySignatures::
include::fmt-merge-msg.txt[]
merge.renameLimit::
- The number of files to consider when performing rename detection
- during a merge; if not specified, defaults to the value of
- diff.renameLimit. This setting has no effect if rename detection
- is turned off.
+ The number of files to consider in the exhaustive portion of
+ rename detection during a merge. If not specified, defaults
+ to the value of diff.renameLimit. If neither
+ merge.renameLimit nor diff.renameLimit are specified,
+ currently defaults to 7000. This setting has no effect if
+ rename detection is turned off.
merge.renames::
Whether Git detects renames. If set to "false", rename detection
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 f2667b2689..632033638c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/push.txt
@@ -24,15 +24,14 @@ push.default::
* `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
-* `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
- added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
- different from the local one.
+* `simple` - pushes the current branch with the same name on the remote.
+
-When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
-pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
-for beginners.
+If you are working on a centralized workflow (pushing to the same repository you
+pull from, which is typically `origin`), then you need to configure an upstream
+branch with the same name.
+
-This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
+This mode is the default since Git 2.0, and is the safest option suited for
+beginners.
* `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
diff --git a/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt b/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt
index cbc5af42fd..50baa5d6bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ sendemail.smtpEncryption::
See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
-sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
- Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
-
sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt
index d7a63c8c12..ee454f8126 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ submodule.active::
commands. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details.
submodule.recurse::
- Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This
- applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option
+ A boolean indicating if commands should enable the `--recurse-submodules`
+ option by default.
+ Applies to all commands that support this option
(`checkout`, `fetch`, `grep`, `pull`, `push`, `read-tree`, `reset`,
`restore` and `switch`) except `clone` and `ls-files`.
Defaults to false.