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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/extensions.txt31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-worktree.txt11
4 files changed, 57 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/extensions.txt b/Documentation/config/extensions.txt
index 4e23d73cdc..bccaec7a96 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/extensions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/extensions.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,34 @@ extensions.objectFormat::
Note that this setting should only be set by linkgit:git-init[1] or
linkgit:git-clone[1]. Trying to change it after initialization will not
work and will produce hard-to-diagnose issues.
+
+extensions.worktreeConfig::
+ If enabled, then worktrees will load config settings from the
+ `$GIT_DIR/config.worktree` file in addition to the
+ `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/config` file. Note that `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` and
+ `$GIT_DIR` are the same for the main working tree, while other
+ working trees have `$GIT_DIR` equal to
+ `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/<id>/`. The settings in the
+ `config.worktree` file will override settings from any other
+ config files.
++
+When enabling `extensions.worktreeConfig`, you must be careful to move
+certain values from the common config file to the main working tree's
+`config.worktree` file, if present:
++
+* `core.worktree` must be moved from `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/config` to
+ `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/config.worktree`.
+* If `core.bare` is true, then it must be moved from `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/config`
+ to `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/config.worktree`.
++
+It may also be beneficial to adjust the locations of `core.sparseCheckout`
+and `core.sparseCheckoutCone` depending on your desire for customizable
+sparse-checkout settings for each worktree. By default, the `git
+sparse-checkout` builtin enables `extensions.worktreeConfig`, assigns
+these config values on a per-worktree basis, and uses the
+`$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file to specify the sparsity for each
+worktree independently. See linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] for more
+details.
++
+For historical reasons, `extensions.worktreeConfig` is respected
+regardless of the `core.repositoryFormatVersion` setting.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 2285effb36..bdcfd94b64 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -141,9 +141,13 @@ from all available files.
See also <<FILES>>.
--worktree::
- Similar to `--local` except that `.git/config.worktree` is
+ Similar to `--local` except that `$GIT_DIR/config.worktree` is
read from or written to if `extensions.worktreeConfig` is
- present. If not it's the same as `--local`.
+ enabled. If not it's the same as `--local`. Note that `$GIT_DIR`
+ is equal to `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` for the main working tree, but is of
+ the form `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/<id>/` for other working trees. See
+ linkgit:git-worktree[1] to learn how to enable
+ `extensions.worktreeConfig`.
-f <config-file>::
--file <config-file>::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
index b81dbe0654..94dad137b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -31,13 +31,21 @@ COMMANDS
Describe the patterns in the sparse-checkout file.
'set'::
- Enable the necessary config settings
- (extensions.worktreeConfig, core.sparseCheckout,
- core.sparseCheckoutCone) if they are not already enabled, and
- write a set of patterns to the sparse-checkout file from the
+ Enable the necessary sparse-checkout config settings
+ (`core.sparseCheckout`, `core.sparseCheckoutCone`, and
+ `index.sparse`) if they are not already set to the desired values,
+ and write a set of patterns to the sparse-checkout file from the
list of arguments following the 'set' subcommand. Update the
working directory to match the new patterns.
+
+To ensure that adjusting the sparse-checkout settings within a worktree
+does not alter the sparse-checkout settings in other worktrees, the 'set'
+subcommand will upgrade your repository config to use worktree-specific
+config if not already present. The sparsity defined by the arguments to
+the 'set' subcommand are stored in the worktree-specific sparse-checkout
+file. See linkgit:git-worktree[1] and the documentation of
+`extensions.worktreeConfig` in linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.
++
When the `--stdin` option is provided, the patterns are read from
standard in as a newline-delimited list instead of from the arguments.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index 9e862fbcf7..b8d53c4830 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ CONFIGURATION FILE
------------------
By default, the repository `config` file is shared across all working
trees. If the config variables `core.bare` or `core.worktree` are
-already present in the config file, they will be applied to the main
-working trees only.
+present in the common config file and `extensions.worktreeConfig` is
+disabled, then they will be applied to the main working tree only.
In order to have configuration specific to working trees, you can turn
on the `worktreeConfig` extension, e.g.:
@@ -307,11 +307,16 @@ them to the `config.worktree` of the main working tree. You may also
take this opportunity to review and move other configuration that you
do not want to share to all working trees:
- - `core.worktree` and `core.bare` should never be shared
+ - `core.worktree` should never be shared.
+
+ - `core.bare` should not be shared if the value is `core.bare=true`.
- `core.sparseCheckout` is recommended per working tree, unless you
are sure you always use sparse checkout for all working trees.
+See the documentation of `extensions.worktreeConfig` in
+linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.
+
DETAILS
-------
Each linked working tree has a private sub-directory in the repository's