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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 7dd5e03280..dba7f0c18e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git' [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c <name>=<value>] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] - [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] + [-p|--paginate|-P|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>] [--super-prefix=<path>] <command> [<args>] @@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ example the following invocations are equivalent: Note that omitting the `=` in `git -c foo.bar ...` is allowed and sets `foo.bar` to the boolean true value (just like `[foo]bar` would in a config file). Including the equals but with an empty value (like `git -c -foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string. +foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config +--bool` will convert to `false`. --exec-path[=<path>]:: Path to wherever your core Git programs are installed. @@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string. configuration options (see the "Configuration Mechanism" section below). +-P:: --no-pager:: Do not pipe Git output into a pager. @@ -158,6 +160,20 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string. Add "icase" magic to all pathspec. This is equivalent to setting the `GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS` environment variable to `1`. +--no-optional-locks:: + Do not perform optional operations that require locks. This is + equivalent to setting the `GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS` to `0`. + +--list-cmds=group[,group...]:: + List commands by group. This is an internal/experimental + option and may change or be removed in the future. Supported + groups are: builtins, parseopt (builtin commands that use + parse-options), main (all commands in libexec directory), + others (all other commands in `$PATH` that have git- prefix), + list-<category> (see categories in command-list.txt), + nohelpers (exclude helper commands), alias and config + (retrieve command list from config variable completion.commands) + GIT COMMANDS ------------ @@ -517,11 +533,10 @@ other If either of these environment variables is set then 'git fetch' and 'git push' will use the specified command instead of 'ssh' when they need to connect to a remote system. - The command will be given exactly two or four arguments: the - 'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the shell - command to execute on that remote system, optionally preceded by - `-p` (literally) and the 'port' from the URL when it specifies - something other than the default SSH port. + The command-line parameters passed to the configured command are + determined by the ssh variant. See `ssh.variant` option in + linkgit:git-config[1] for details. + + `$GIT_SSH_COMMAND` takes precedence over `$GIT_SSH`, and is interpreted by the shell, which allows additional arguments to be included. @@ -590,6 +605,10 @@ into it. Unsetting the variable, or setting it to empty, "0" or "false" (case insensitive) disables trace messages. +`GIT_TRACE_FSMONITOR`:: + Enables trace messages for the filesystem monitor extension. + See `GIT_TRACE` for available trace output options. + `GIT_TRACE_PACK_ACCESS`:: Enables trace messages for all accesses to any packs. For each access, the pack file name and an offset in the pack is @@ -638,6 +657,16 @@ of clones and fetches. variable. See `GIT_TRACE` for available trace output options. +`GIT_TRACE_CURL_NO_DATA`:: + When a curl trace is enabled (see `GIT_TRACE_CURL` above), do not dump + data (that is, only dump info lines and headers). + +`GIT_REDACT_COOKIES`:: + This can be set to a comma-separated list of strings. When a curl trace + is enabled (see `GIT_TRACE_CURL` above), whenever a "Cookies:" header + sent by the client is dumped, values of cookies whose key is in that + list (case-sensitive) are redacted. + `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS`:: Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. For example, @@ -696,6 +725,47 @@ of clones and fetches. which feed potentially-untrusted URLS to git commands. See linkgit:git-config[1] for more details. +`GIT_PROTOCOL`:: + For internal use only. Used in handshaking the wire protocol. + Contains a colon ':' separated list of keys with optional values + 'key[=value]'. Presence of unknown keys and values must be + ignored. + +`GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS`:: + If set to `0`, Git will complete any requested operation without + performing any optional sub-operations that require taking a lock. + For example, this will prevent `git status` from refreshing the + index as a side effect. This is useful for processes running in + the background which do not want to cause lock contention with + other operations on the repository. Defaults to `1`. + +`GIT_REDIRECT_STDIN`:: +`GIT_REDIRECT_STDOUT`:: +`GIT_REDIRECT_STDERR`:: + Windows-only: allow redirecting the standard input/output/error + handles to paths specified by the environment variables. This is + particularly useful in multi-threaded applications where the + canonical way to pass standard handles via `CreateProcess()` is + not an option because it would require the handles to be marked + inheritable (and consequently *every* spawned process would + inherit them, possibly blocking regular Git operations). The + primary intended use case is to use named pipes for communication + (e.g. `\\.\pipe\my-git-stdin-123`). ++ +Two special values are supported: `off` will simply close the +corresponding standard handle, and if `GIT_REDIRECT_STDERR` is +`2>&1`, standard error will be redirected to the same handle as +standard output. + +`GIT_PRINT_SHA1_ELLIPSIS` (deprecated):: + If set to `yes`, print an ellipsis following an + (abbreviated) SHA-1 value. This affects indications of + detached HEADs (linkgit:git-checkout[1]) and the raw + diff output (linkgit:git-diff[1]). Printing an + ellipsis in the cases mentioned is no longer considered + adequate and support for it is likely to be removed in the + foreseeable future (along with the variable). + Discussion[[Discussion]] ------------------------ @@ -790,6 +860,9 @@ Report bugs to the Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org> where the development and maintenance is primarily done. You do not have to be subscribed to the list to send a message there. +Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to +the Git Security mailing list <git-security@googlegroups.com>. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:gittutorial[7], linkgit:gittutorial-2[7], |