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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/branch.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/gpg.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/grep.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/merge.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/user.txt | 17 |
5 files changed, 29 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.txt b/Documentation/config/branch.txt index d323d7327f..1e0c7af014 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/branch.txt @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ branch.autoSetupMerge:: automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` -- automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a - local branch or remote-tracking + local branch or remote-tracking branch; `inherit` -- if the starting point + has a tracking configuration, it is copied to the new branch. This option defaults to true. branch.autoSetupRebase:: diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt index 4f30c7dbdd..0cb189a077 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ gpg.minTrustLevel:: * `fully` * `ultimate` -gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand: +gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand:: This command that will be run when user.signingkey is not set and a ssh signature is requested. On successful exit a valid ssh public key is expected in the first line of its output. To automatically use the first @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile:: A file containing ssh public keys which you are willing to trust. The file consists of one or more lines of principals followed by an ssh public key. - e.g.: user1@example.com,user2@example.com ssh-rsa AAAAX1... + e.g.: `user1@example.com,user2@example.com ssh-rsa AAAAX1...` See ssh-keygen(1) "ALLOWED SIGNERS" for details. The principal is only used to identify the key and is available when verifying a signature. @@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ A repository that only allows signed commits can store the file in the repository itself using a path relative to the top-level of the working tree. This way only committers with an already valid key can add or change keys in the keyring. + +Since OpensSSH 8.8 this file allows specifying a key lifetime using valid-after & +valid-before options. Git will mark signatures as valid if the signing key was +valid at the time of the signatures creation. This allows users to change a +signing key without invalidating all previously made signatures. ++ Using a SSH CA key with the cert-authority option (see ssh-keygen(1) "CERTIFICATES") is also valid. diff --git a/Documentation/config/grep.txt b/Documentation/config/grep.txt index 44abe45a7c..182edd813a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/grep.txt @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ grep.patternType:: Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended', 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`, `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the - value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior. + value 'default' will use the `grep.extendedRegexp` option to choose + between 'basic' and 'extended'. grep.extendedRegexp:: If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This diff --git a/Documentation/config/merge.txt b/Documentation/config/merge.txt index e27cc63944..99e83dd36e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/merge.txt @@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ merge.conflictStyle:: shows a `<<<<<<<` conflict marker, changes made by one side, a `=======` marker, changes made by the other side, and then a `>>>>>>>` marker. An alternate style, "diff3", adds a `|||||||` - marker and the original text before the `=======` marker. + marker and the original text before the `=======` marker. The + "merge" style tends to produce smaller conflict regions than diff3, + both because of the exclusion of the original text, and because + when a subset of lines match on the two sides they are just pulled + out of the conflict region. Another alternate style, "zdiff3", is + similar to diff3 but removes matching lines on the two sides from + the conflict region when those matching lines appear near either + the beginning or end of a conflict region. merge.defaultToUpstream:: If merge is called without any commit argument, merge the upstream diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt index ad78dce9ec..ec9233b060 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/user.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt @@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ user.signingKey:: commit, you can override the default selection with this variable. This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports. - If gpg.format is set to "ssh" this can contain the literal ssh public - key (e.g.: "ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier") or a file which contains it and - corresponds to the private key used for signing. The private key - needs to be available via ssh-agent. Alternatively it can be set to - a file containing a private key directly. If not set git will call - gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand (e.g.: "ssh-add -L") and try to use the first - key available. + If gpg.format is set to `ssh` this can contain the path to either + your private ssh key or the public key when ssh-agent is used. + Alternatively it can contain a public key prefixed with `key::` + directly (e.g.: "key::ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier"). The private key + needs to be available via ssh-agent. If not set git will call + gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand (e.g.: "ssh-add -L") and try to use the + first key available. For backward compatibility, a raw key which + begins with "ssh-", such as "ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier", is treated + as "key::ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier", but this form is deprecated; + use the `key::` form instead. |