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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/add.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/advice.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/blame.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/branch.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/checkout.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/color.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/core.txt33
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/diff.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/feature.txt37
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/fetch.txt28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/format.txt40
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/gc.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/gpg.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/http.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/index.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/interactive.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/log.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/pack.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/protocol.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/pull.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/push.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/rebase.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/remote.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/stash.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/status.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/submodule.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/tag.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/trace2.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/transfer.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/user.txt7
30 files changed, 295 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/add.txt b/Documentation/config/add.txt
index 4d753f006e..c9f748f81c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/add.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
variables.
+
+add.interactive.useBuiltin::
+ [EXPERIMENTAL] Set to `true` to use the experimental built-in
+ implementation of the interactive version of linkgit:git-add[1]
+ instead of the Perl script version. Is `false` by default.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
index ec4f6ae658..bdd37c3eaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ advice.*::
can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
+
--
+ fetchShowForcedUpdates::
+ Advice shown when linkgit:git-fetch[1] takes a long time
+ to calculate forced updates after ref updates, or to warn
+ that the check is disabled.
pushUpdateRejected::
Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
'pushNonFFCurrent',
@@ -37,12 +41,19 @@ advice.*::
we can still suggest that the user push to either
refs/heads/* or refs/tags/* based on the type of the
source object.
+ statusAheadBehind::
+ Shown when linkgit:git-status[1] computes the ahead/behind
+ counts for a local ref compared to its remote tracking ref,
+ and that calculation takes longer than expected. Will not
+ appear if `status.aheadBehind` is false or the option
+ `--no-ahead-behind` is given.
statusHints::
Show directions on how to proceed from the current
state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
the template shown when writing commit messages in
linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
- by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
+ by linkgit:git-switch[1] or
+ linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
statusUoption::
Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
@@ -57,17 +68,21 @@ advice.*::
resolveConflict::
Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
prevent the operation from being performed.
+ sequencerInUse::
+ Advice shown when a sequencer command is already in progress.
implicitIdentity::
Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
your information is guessed from the system username and
domain name.
detachedHead::
- Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
- move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
- a local branch after the fact.
+ Advice shown when you used
+ linkgit:git-switch[1] or linkgit:git-checkout[1]
+ to move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to
+ create a local branch after the fact.
checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName::
Advice shown when the argument to
- linkgit:git-checkout[1] ambiguously resolves to a
+ linkgit:git-checkout[1] and linkgit:git-switch[1]
+ ambiguously resolves to a
remote tracking branch on more than one remote in
situations where an unambiguous argument would have
otherwise caused a remote-tracking branch to be
@@ -92,4 +107,13 @@ advice.*::
editor input from the user.
nestedTag::
Advice shown if a user attempts to recursively tag a tag object.
+ submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie::
+ Advice shown when a submodule.alternateErrorStrategy option
+ configured to "die" causes a fatal error.
+ addIgnoredFile::
+ Advice shown if a user attempts to add an ignored file to
+ the index.
+ addEmptyPathspec::
+ Advice shown if a user runs the add command without providing
+ the pathspec parameter.
--
diff --git a/Documentation/config/blame.txt b/Documentation/config/blame.txt
index 67b5c1d1e0..9468e8599c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/blame.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,19 @@ blame.showEmail::
blame.showRoot::
Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1].
This option defaults to false.
+
+blame.ignoreRevsFile::
+ Ignore revisions listed in the file, one unabbreviated object name per
+ line, in linkgit:git-blame[1]. Whitespace and comments beginning with
+ `#` are ignored. This option may be repeated multiple times. Empty
+ file names will reset the list of ignored revisions. This option will
+ be handled before the command line option `--ignore-revs-file`.
+
+blame.markUnblamables::
+ 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].
+
+blame.markIgnoredLines::
+ Mark lines that were changed by an ignored revision that we attributed to
+ another commit with a '?' in the output of linkgit:git-blame[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.txt b/Documentation/config/branch.txt
index 8f4b3faadd..cc5f3249fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/branch.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
branch.autoSetupMerge::
- Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
+ Tells 'git branch', 'git switch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ branch.autoSetupMerge::
branch. This option defaults to true.
branch.autoSetupRebase::
- When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
+ When a new branch is created with 'git branch', 'git switch' or 'git checkout'
that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
@@ -81,15 +81,16 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
"git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
branch-specific manner.
+
-When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
+When `merges` (or just 'm'), 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` (deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass
+When `preserve` (or just 'p', 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.
+When the value is `interactive` (or just 'i'), the rebase is run in interactive
+mode.
+
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/checkout.txt b/Documentation/config/checkout.txt
index c4118fa196..6b646813ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/checkout.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
checkout.defaultRemote::
- When you run 'git checkout <something>' and only have one
+ When you run 'git checkout <something>'
+ or 'git switch <something>' and only have one
remote, it may implicitly fall back on checking out and
tracking e.g. 'origin/<something>'. This stops working as soon
as you have more than one remote with a '<something>'
@@ -8,16 +9,10 @@ checkout.defaultRemote::
disambiguation. The typical use-case is to set this to
`origin`.
+
-Currently this is used by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when 'git checkout
-<something>' will checkout the '<something>' branch on another remote,
+Currently this is used by linkgit:git-switch[1] and
+linkgit:git-checkout[1] when 'git checkout <something>'
+or 'git switch <something>'
+will checkout the '<something>' branch on another remote,
and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when 'git worktree add' refers to a
remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like
commands or functionality in the future.
-
-checkout.optimizeNewBranch::
- Optimizes the performance of "git checkout -b <new_branch>" when
- using sparse-checkout. When set to true, git will not update the
- repo based on the current sparse-checkout settings. This means it
- will not update the skip-worktree bit in the index nor add/remove
- files in the working directory to reflect the current sparse checkout
- settings nor will it show the local changes.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/color.txt b/Documentation/config/color.txt
index 8375596c44..d5daacb13a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/color.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/color.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ color.blame.highlightRecent::
+
This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and date settings,
starting and ending with a color, the dates should be set from oldest to newest.
-The metadata will be colored given the colors if the the line was introduced
+The metadata will be colored given the colors if the line was introduced
before the given timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors.
+
Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, e.g.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
index 75538d27e7..74619a9c03 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/core.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ core.fsmonitor::
avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed.
See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
+core.fsmonitorHookVersion::
+ Sets the version of hook that is to be used when calling fsmonitor.
+ There are currently versions 1 and 2. When this is not set,
+ version 2 will be tried first and if it fails then version 1
+ will be tried. Version 1 uses a timestamp as input to determine
+ which files have changes since that time but some monitors
+ like watchman have race conditions when used with a timestamp.
+ Version 2 uses an opaque string so that the monitor can return
+ something that can be used to determine what files have changed
+ without race conditions.
+
core.trustctime::
If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
@@ -86,7 +97,9 @@ core.untrackedCache::
it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
properly on your system.
- See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
+ See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default, unless
+ `feature.manyFiles` is enabled which sets this setting to
+ `true` by default.
core.checkStat::
When missing or is set to `default`, many fields in the stat
@@ -557,6 +570,12 @@ core.unsetenvvars::
Defaults to `PERL5LIB` to account for the fact that Git for
Windows insists on using its own Perl interpreter.
+core.restrictinheritedhandles::
+ Windows-only: override whether spawned processes inherit only standard
+ file handles (`stdin`, `stdout` and `stderr`) or all handles. Can be
+ `auto`, `true` or `false`. Defaults to `auto`, which means `true` on
+ Windows 7 and later, and `false` on older Windows versions.
+
core.createObject::
You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
@@ -577,7 +596,7 @@ the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
core.commitGraph::
If true, then git will read the commit-graph file (if it exists)
- to parse the graph structure of commits. Defaults to false. See
+ to parse the graph structure of commits. Defaults to true. See
linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for more information.
core.useReplaceRefs::
@@ -591,8 +610,14 @@ core.multiPackIndex::
multi-pack-index design document].
core.sparseCheckout::
- Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
- linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
+ Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1]
+ for more information.
+
+core.sparseCheckoutCone::
+ Enables the "cone mode" of the sparse checkout feature. When the
+ sparse-checkout file contains a limited set of patterns, then this
+ mode provides significant performance advantages. See
+ linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] for more information.
core.abbrev::
Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If
diff --git a/Documentation/config/diff.txt b/Documentation/config/diff.txt
index 2c4c9ba27a..ff09f1cf73 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/diff.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ diff.external::
diff.ignoreSubmodules::
Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
- commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors
+ commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout'
+ and 'git switch' also honor
this setting when reporting uncommitted changes. Setting it to
'all' disables the submodule summary normally shown by 'git commit'
and 'git status' when `status.submoduleSummary` is set unless it is
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ diff.guitool::
include::../mergetools-diff.txt[]
diff.indentHeuristic::
- Set this option to `true` to enable experimental heuristics
+ Set this option to `false` to disable the default heuristics
that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches easier to read.
diff.algorithm::
diff --git a/Documentation/config/feature.txt b/Documentation/config/feature.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..875f8c8a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/feature.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+feature.*::
+ The config settings that start with `feature.` modify the defaults of
+ a group of other config settings. These groups are created by the Git
+ developer community as recommended defaults and are subject to change.
+ In particular, new config options may be added with different defaults.
+
+feature.experimental::
+ Enable config options that are new to Git, and are being considered for
+ future defaults. Config settings included here may be added or removed
+ with each release, including minor version updates. These settings may
+ have unintended interactions since they are so new. Please enable this
+ setting if you are interested in providing feedback on experimental
+ features. The new default values are:
++
+* `pack.useSparse=true` uses a new algorithm when constructing a pack-file
+which can improve `git push` performance in repos with many files.
++
+* `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm=skipping` may improve fetch negotiation times by
+skipping more commits at a time, reducing the number of round trips.
++
+* `fetch.writeCommitGraph=true` writes a commit-graph after every `git fetch`
+command that downloads a pack-file from a remote. Using the `--split` option,
+most executions will create a very small commit-graph file on top of the
+existing commit-graph file(s). Occasionally, these files will merge and the
+write may take longer. Having an updated commit-graph file helps performance
+of many Git commands, including `git merge-base`, `git push -f`, and
+`git log --graph`.
+
+feature.manyFiles::
+ Enable config options that optimize for repos with many files in the
+ working directory. With many files, commands such as `git status` and
+ `git checkout` may be slow and these new defaults improve performance:
++
+* `index.version=4` enables path-prefix compression in the index.
++
+* `core.untrackedCache=true` enables the untracked cache. This setting assumes
+that mtime is working on your machine.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
index cbfad6cdbb..f11940280f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,33 @@ fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::
effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary
packfile; The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm
that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one
- of its descendants).
+ of its descendants). If `feature.experimental` is enabled, then this
+ setting defaults to "skipping".
Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out.
+
See also the `--negotiation-tip` option for linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+
+fetch.showForcedUpdates::
+ Set to false to enable `--no-show-forced-updates` in
+ linkgit:git-fetch[1] and linkgit:git-pull[1] commands.
+ Defaults to true.
+
+fetch.parallel::
+ Specifies the maximal number of fetch operations to be run in parallel
+ at a time (submodules, or remotes when the `--multiple` option of
+ linkgit:git-fetch[1] is in effect).
++
+A value of 0 will give some reasonable default. If unset, it defaults to 1.
++
+For submodules, this setting can be overridden using the `submodule.fetchJobs`
+config setting.
+
+fetch.writeCommitGraph::
+ Set to true to write a commit-graph after every `git fetch` command
+ that downloads a pack-file from a remote. Using the `--split` option,
+ most executions will create a very small commit-graph file on top of
+ the existing commit-graph file(s). Occasionally, these files will
+ merge and the write may take longer. Having an updated commit-graph
+ file helps performance of many Git commands, including `git merge-base`,
+ `git push -f`, and `git log --graph`. Defaults to false, unless
+ `feature.experimental` is true.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt
index dc77941c48..45c7bd5a8f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ format.subjectPrefix::
The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
+format.coverFromDescription::
+ The default mode for format-patch to determine which parts of
+ the cover letter will be populated using the branch's
+ description. See the `--cover-from-description` option in
+ linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
format.signature::
The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
@@ -77,11 +83,43 @@ format.coverLetter::
A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
+ Default is false.
format.outputDirectory::
Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
- current working directory.
+ current working directory. All directory components will be created.
format.useAutoBase::
A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
format-patch by default.
+
+format.notes::
+ Provides the default value for the `--notes` option to
+ format-patch. Accepts a boolean value, or a ref which specifies
+ where to get notes. If false, format-patch defaults to
+ `--no-notes`. If true, format-patch defaults to `--notes`. If
+ set to a non-boolean value, format-patch defaults to
+ `--notes=<ref>`, where `ref` is the non-boolean value. Defaults
+ to false.
++
+If one wishes to use the ref `ref/notes/true`, please use that literal
+instead.
++
+This configuration can be specified multiple times in order to allow
+multiple notes refs to be included. In that case, it will behave
+similarly to multiple `--[no-]notes[=]` options passed in. That is, a
+value of `true` will show the default notes, a value of `<ref>` will
+also show notes from that notes ref and a value of `false` will negate
+previous configurations and not show notes.
++
+For example,
++
+------------
+[format]
+ notes = true
+ notes = foo
+ notes = false
+ notes = bar
+------------
++
+will only show notes from `refs/notes/bar`.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
index 02b92b18b5..00ea0a678e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ gc.writeCommitGraph::
If true, then gc will rewrite the commit-graph file when
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]
+ required. Default is true. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1]
for details.
gc.logExpiry::
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
index cce2c89245..d94025cb36 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
@@ -18,3 +18,18 @@ gpg.<format>.program::
chose. (see `gpg.program` and `gpg.format`) `gpg.program` can still
be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default
value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm".
+
+gpg.minTrustLevel::
+ Specifies a minimum trust level for signature verification. If
+ this option is unset, then signature verification for merge
+ operations require a key with at least `marginal` trust. Other
+ operations that perform signature verification require a key
+ with at least `undefined` trust. Setting this option overrides
+ the required trust-level for all operations. Supported values,
+ in increasing order of significance:
++
+* `undefined`
+* `never`
+* `marginal`
+* `fully`
+* `ultimate`
diff --git a/Documentation/config/http.txt b/Documentation/config/http.txt
index 5a32f5b0a5..e806033aab 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/http.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/http.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ http.saveCookies::
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
+ on libcurl. Currently the possible values of
this option are:
- HTTP/2
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ http.sslVersion::
particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
documentation for more details on the format of this option and
- for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
+ for the ssl version supported. Currently the possible values of
this option are:
- sslv2
@@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ http.postBuffer::
Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
sufficient for most requests.
++
+Note that raising this limit is only effective for disabling chunked
+transfer encoding and therefore should be used only where the remote
+server or a proxy only supports HTTP/1.0 or is noncompliant with the
+HTTP standard. Raising this is not, in general, an effective solution
+for most push problems, but can increase memory consumption
+significantly since the entire buffer is allocated even for small
+pushes.
http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
diff --git a/Documentation/config/index.txt b/Documentation/config/index.txt
index f181503041..7cb50b37e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/index.txt
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ index.threads::
index.version::
Specify the version with which new index files should be
initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
+ If `feature.manyFiles` is enabled, then the default is 4.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/interactive.txt b/Documentation/config/interactive.txt
index ad846dd7c9..a2d3c7ec44 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/interactive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/interactive.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ interactive.singleKey::
In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
- linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
+ linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1],
+ linkgit:git-restore[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/log.txt b/Documentation/config/log.txt
index 78d9e4453a..e9e1e397f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/log.txt
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ log.showSignature::
log.mailmap::
If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
- linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
+ linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`, otherwise
+ assume `--no-use-mailmap`. True by default.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.txt b/Documentation/config/pack.txt
index 9cdcfa7324..0dac580581 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/pack.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
to linkgit:git-repack[1].
+pack.allowPackReuse::
+ When true, and when reachability bitmaps are enabled,
+ pack-objects will try to send parts of the bitmapped packfile
+ verbatim. This can reduce memory and CPU usage to serve fetches,
+ but might result in sending a slightly larger pack. Defaults to
+ true.
+
pack.island::
An extended regular expression configuring a set of delta
islands. See "DELTA ISLANDS" in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
@@ -112,7 +119,8 @@ pack.useSparse::
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.
+ commits contain certain types of direct renames. Default is `false`
+ unless `feature.experimental` is enabled.
pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/protocol.txt b/Documentation/config/protocol.txt
index bfccc07491..756591d77b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/protocol.txt
@@ -45,11 +45,10 @@ The protocol names currently used by git are:
--
protocol.version::
- Experimental. If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a
- server using the specified protocol version. If unset, no
- attempt will be made by the client to communicate using a
- particular protocol version, this results in protocol version 0
- being used.
+ If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a server
+ using the specified protocol version. If the server does
+ not support it, communication falls back to version 0.
+ If unset, the default is `2`.
Supported versions:
+
--
diff --git a/Documentation/config/pull.txt b/Documentation/config/pull.txt
index b87cab31b3..5404830609 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/pull.txt
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@ pull.rebase::
pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
per-branch basis.
+
-When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
+When `merges` (or just 'm'), 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` (deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass
+When `preserve` (or just 'p', 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.
+When the value is `interactive` (or just 'i'), the rebase is run in interactive
+mode.
+
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/push.txt b/Documentation/config/push.txt
index 0a0e000569..0a7aa322a9 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/push.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
push.default::
Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
- explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
+ given (whether from the command-line, config, or elsewhere).
+ Different values are well-suited for
specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
(i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
`upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ push.default::
--
* `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
- explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
+ given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
* `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a
repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority
configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).
+
---
+----
Example:
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ repo/.git/config
This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).
---
+----
push.recurseSubmodules::
Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
diff --git a/Documentation/config/rebase.txt b/Documentation/config/rebase.txt
index d98e32d812..7f7a07d22f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/rebase.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ rebase.useBuiltin::
is always used. Setting this will emit a warning, to alert any
remaining users that setting this now does nothing.
+rebase.backend::
+ Default backend to use for rebasing. Possible choices are
+ 'apply' or 'merge'. In the future, if the merge backend gains
+ all remaining capabilities of the apply backend, this setting
+ may become unused.
+
rebase.stat::
Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
rebase. False by default.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/remote.txt b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
index 6c4cad83a2..a8e6437a90 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
@@ -76,3 +76,11 @@ remote.<name>.pruneTags::
+
See also `remote.<name>.prune` and the PRUNING section of
linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+
+remote.<name>.promisor::
+ When set to true, this remote will be used to fetch promisor
+ objects.
+
+remote.<name>.partialclonefilter::
+ The filter that will be applied when fetching from this
+ promisor remote.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/stash.txt b/Documentation/config/stash.txt
index 7710758efb..abc7ef4a3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/stash.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ stash.useBuiltin::
the built-in rewrite of it in C.
+
The C rewrite is first included with Git version 2.22 (and Git for Windows
-version 2.19). This option serves an an escape hatch to re-enable the
+version 2.19). This option serves as an escape hatch to re-enable the
legacy version in case any bugs are found in the rewrite. This option and
the shell script version of linkgit:git-stash[1] will be removed in some
future release.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/status.txt b/Documentation/config/status.txt
index ed72fa7dae..0fc704ab80 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/status.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ status.branch::
Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
+status.aheadBehind::
+ Set to true to enable `--ahead-behind` and false to enable
+ `--no-ahead-behind` by default in linkgit:git-status[1] for
+ non-porcelain status formats. Defaults to true.
+
status.displayCommentPrefix::
If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
prefix before each output line (starting with
diff --git a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt
index 0a1293b051..b33177151c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt
@@ -79,4 +79,6 @@ submodule.alternateLocation::
submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
- `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
+ `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`. Note that if set to `ignore`
+ or `info`, and if there is an error with the computed alternate, the
+ clone proceeds as if no alternate was specified.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/tag.txt b/Documentation/config/tag.txt
index 663663bdec..6d9110d84c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/tag.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ tag.sort::
linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
value of this variable will be used as the default.
+tag.gpgSign::
+ A boolean to specify whether all tags should be GPG signed.
+ Use of this option when running in an automated script can
+ result in a large number of tags being signed. It is therefore
+ convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your gpg passphrase
+ several times. Note that this option doesn't affect tag signing
+ behavior enabled by "-u <keyid>" or "--local-user=<keyid>" options.
+
tar.umask::
This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
diff --git a/Documentation/config/trace2.txt b/Documentation/config/trace2.txt
index 2edbfb02fe..4ce0b9a6d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/trace2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/trace2.txt
@@ -54,3 +54,9 @@ trace2.destinationDebug::
By default, these errors are suppressed and tracing is
silently disabled. May be overridden by the
`GIT_TRACE2_DST_DEBUG` environment variable.
+
+trace2.maxFiles::
+ Integer. When writing trace files to a target directory, do not
+ write additional traces if we would exceed this many files. Instead,
+ write a sentinel file that will block further tracing to this
+ directory. Defaults to 0, which disables this check.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/transfer.txt b/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
index 4a5dfe2fc1..f5b6245270 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ linkgit:git-receive-pack[1]. On the fetch side, malformed objects will
instead be left unreferenced in the repository.
+
Due to the non-quarantine nature of the `fetch.fsckObjects`
-implementation it can not be relied upon to leave the object store
+implementation it cannot be relied upon to leave the object store
clean like `receive.fsckObjects` can.
+
As objects are unpacked they're written to the object store, so there
diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt
index 0557cbbceb..59aec7c3ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/user.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ committer.email::
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.
++
+Note that the `name` forms of these variables conventionally refer to
+some form of a personal name. See linkgit:git-commit[1] and the
+environment variables section of linkgit:git[1] for more information on
+these settings and the `credential.username` option if you're looking
+for authentication credentials instead.
user.useConfigOnly::
Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`