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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/core.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/pack.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/user.txt23
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
index d0e6635fe0..7e9b6c8f4c 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
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/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`