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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 7a1d629ca0..3f4161a799 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -522,11 +522,10 @@ 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. @@ -595,6 +594,10 @@ 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 @@ -701,6 +704,12 @@ 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. @@ -709,6 +718,33 @@ of clones and fetches. 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]] ------------------------ |