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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 0d7fa9cca9..b8bf618a30 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -129,3 +129,6 @@ For C programs: used in the git core command set (unless your command is clearly separate from it, such as an importer to convert random-scm-X repositories to git). + + - When we pass <string, length> pair to functions, we should try to + pass them in that order. diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 144ec32f12..dba97dc21d 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ man7dir=$(mandir)/man7 ASCIIDOC=asciidoc ASCIIDOC_EXTRA = -MANPAGE_XSL = callouts.xsl +MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-normal.xsl +XMLTO_EXTRA = INSTALL?=install RM ?= rm -f DOC_REF = origin/man @@ -59,12 +60,47 @@ endif -include ../config.mak.autogen -include ../config.mak +# +# For asciidoc ... +# -7.1.2, no extra settings are needed. +# 8.0-, set ASCIIDOC8. +# + +# +# For docbook-xsl ... +# -1.68.1, set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF? (based on changelog from 1.73.0) +# 1.69.0, no extra settings are needed? +# 1.69.1-1.71.0, set DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP? +# 1.71.1, no extra settings are needed? +# 1.72.0, set DOCBOOK_XSL_172. +# 1.73.0-, set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF +# + +# +# If you had been using DOCBOOK_XSL_172 in an attempt to get rid +# of 'the ".ft C" problem' in your generated manpages, and you +# instead ended up with weird characters around callouts, try +# using ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF instead (it works fine with ASCIIDOC8). +# + ifdef ASCIIDOC8 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a asciidoc7compatible endif ifdef DOCBOOK_XSL_172 -ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a docbook-xsl-172 +ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-asciidoc-no-roff MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-1.72.xsl +else + ifdef ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF + # docbook-xsl after 1.72 needs the regular XSL, but will not + # pass-thru raw roff codes from asciidoc.conf, so turn them off. + ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-asciidoc-no-roff + endif +endif +ifdef MAN_BOLD_LITERAL +XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-bold-literal.xsl +endif +ifdef DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP +XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-suppress-sp.xsl endif # @@ -76,6 +112,32 @@ endif # yourself - yes, all 6 characters of it! # +QUIET_SUBDIR0 = +$(MAKE) -C # space to separate -C and subdir +QUIET_SUBDIR1 = + +ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),w),w) +PRINT_DIR = --no-print-directory +else # "make -w" +NO_SUBDIR = : +endif + +ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),s),s) +ifndef V + QUIET_ASCIIDOC = @echo ' ' ASCIIDOC $@; + QUIET_XMLTO = @echo ' ' XMLTO $@; + QUIET_DB2TEXI = @echo ' ' DB2TEXI $@; + QUIET_MAKEINFO = @echo ' ' MAKEINFO $@; + QUIET_DBLATEX = @echo ' ' DBLATEX $@; + QUIET_XSLTPROC = @echo ' ' XSLTPROC $@; + QUIET_GEN = @echo ' ' GEN $@; + QUIET_STDERR = 2> /dev/null + QUIET_SUBDIR0 = +@subdir= + QUIET_SUBDIR1 = ;$(NO_SUBDIR) echo ' ' SUBDIR $$subdir; \ + $(MAKE) $(PRINT_DIR) -C $$subdir + export V +endif +endif + all: html man html: $(DOC_HTML) @@ -119,7 +181,7 @@ install-html: html sh ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) ../GIT-VERSION-FILE: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE - $(MAKE) -C ../ GIT-VERSION-FILE + $(QUIET_SUBDIR0)../ $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) GIT-VERSION-FILE -include ../GIT-VERSION-FILE @@ -127,8 +189,8 @@ install-html: html # Determine "include::" file references in asciidoc files. # doc.dep : $(wildcard *.txt) build-docdep.perl - $(RM) $@+ $@ - $(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl >$@+ + $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + $(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl >$@+ $(QUIET_STDERR) && \ mv $@+ $@ -include doc.dep @@ -146,91 +208,94 @@ cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \ $(cmds_txt): cmd-list.made cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT) - $(RM) $@ - $(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt + $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && \ + $(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(QUIET_STDERR) && \ date >$@ clean: $(RM) *.xml *.xml+ *.html *.html+ *.1 *.5 *.7 - $(RM) *.texi *.texi+ git.info gitman.info + $(RM) *.texi *.texi+ *.texi++ git.info gitman.info $(RM) howto-index.txt howto/*.html doc.dep $(RM) technical/api-*.html technical/api-index.txt $(RM) $(cmds_txt) *.made $(MAN_HTML): %.html : %.txt - $(RM) $@+ $@ + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf \ - $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) -o $@+ $< + $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \ mv $@+ $@ %.1 %.5 %.7 : %.xml - $(RM) $@ - xmlto -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) man $< + $(QUIET_XMLTO)$(RM) $@ && \ + xmlto -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $< %.xml : %.txt - $(RM) $@+ $@ + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ $(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf \ - $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) -o $@+ $< + $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \ mv $@+ $@ user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf - $(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d book $< + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d book $< technical/api-index.txt: technical/api-index-skel.txt \ technical/api-index.sh $(patsubst %,%.txt,$(API_DOCS)) - cd technical && sh ./api-index.sh + $(QUIET_GEN)cd technical && sh ./api-index.sh $(patsubst %,%.html,$(API_DOCS) technical/api-index): %.html : %.txt - $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 -f asciidoc.conf \ + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 -f asciidoc.conf \ $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) $*.txt XSLT = docbook.xsl XSLTOPTS = --xinclude --stringparam html.stylesheet docbook-xsl.css user-manual.html: user-manual.xml - xsltproc $(XSLTOPTS) -o $@ $(XSLT) $< + $(QUIET_XSLTPROC)xsltproc $(XSLTOPTS) -o $@ $(XSLT) $< git.info: user-manual.texi - $(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ user-manual.texi + $(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ user-manual.texi user-manual.texi: user-manual.xml - $(RM) $@+ $@ - $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout | \ - $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl >$@+ + $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout >$@++ && \ + $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl <$@++ >$@+ && \ + rm $@++ && \ mv $@+ $@ user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml - $(RM) $@+ $@ - $(DBLATEX) -o $@+ -p /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty $< + $(QUIET_DBLATEX)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + $(DBLATEX) -o $@+ -p /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty $< && \ mv $@+ $@ gitman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl - $(RM) $@+ $@ + $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ ($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \ - --to-stdout $(xml);)) | $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ >$@+ + --to-stdout $(xml) &&) true) > $@++ && \ + $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ <$@++ >$@+ && \ + rm $@++ && \ mv $@+ $@ gitman.info: gitman.texi - $(MAKEINFO) --no-split --no-validate $*.texi + $(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split --no-validate $*.texi $(patsubst %.txt,%.texi,$(MAN_TXT)): %.texi : %.xml - $(RM) $@+ $@ - $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --to-stdout $*.xml >$@+ + $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --to-stdout $*.xml >$@+ && \ mv $@+ $@ howto-index.txt: howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt) - $(RM) $@+ $@ - sh ./howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt) >$@+ + $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + sh ./howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt) >$@+ && \ mv $@+ $@ $(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES)) : %.html : %.txt - $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 $*.txt + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 $*.txt WEBDOC_DEST = /pub/software/scm/git/docs $(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(wildcard howto/*.txt)): %.html : %.txt - $(RM) $@+ $@ - sed -e '1,/^$$/d' $< | $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 - >$@+ + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + sed -e '1,/^$$/d' $< | $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 - >$@+ && \ mv $@+ $@ install-webdoc : html diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bcbd7c5a21 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +GIT v1.6.3 Release Notes +======================== + +With the next major release, "git push" into a branch that is +currently checked out will be refused by default. You can choose +what should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration +variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving repository. + +To ease the transition plan, the receiving repository of such a +push running this release will issue a big warning when the +configuration variable is missing. Please refer to: + + http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare + http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007 + +for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the +transition plan. + +For a similar reason, "git push $there :$killed" to delete the branch +$killed in a remote repository $there, if $killed branch is the current +branch pointed at by its HEAD, gets a large warning. You can choose what +should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration variable +receive.denyDeleteCurrent in the receiving repository. + +When the user does not tell "git push" what to push, it has always +pushed matching refs. For some people it is unexpected, and a new +configuration variable push.default has been introduced to allow +changing a different default behaviour. To advertise the new feature, +a big warning is issued if this is not configured and a git push without +arguments is attempted. + + +Updates since v1.6.2 +-------------------- + +(subsystems) + +(performance) + +* many uses of lstat(2) in the codepath for "git checkout" have been + optimized out. + +(usability, bells and whistles) + +* rsync:/path/to/repo can be used to run git over rsync for local + repositories. It may not be useful in practice; meant primarily for + testing. + +* http transport learned to prompt and use password when fetching from or + pushing to http://user@host.xz/ URL. + +* (msysgit) progress output that is sent over the sideband protocol can + be handled appropriately in Windows console. + +* "--pretty=<style>" option to the log family of commands can now be + spelled as "--format=<style>". In addition, --format=%formatstring + is a short-hand for --pretty=tformat:%formatstring. + +* "--oneline" is a synonym for "--pretty=oneline --abbrev=commit". + +* If you realize that you botched the patch when you are editing hunks + with the 'edit' action in git-add -i/-p, you can abort the editor to + tell git not to apply it. + +* git-archive learned --output=<file> option. + +* git-bisect shows not just the number of remaining commits whose goodness + is unknown, but also shows the estimated number of remaining rounds. + +* You can give --date=<format> option to git-blame. + +* git-branch -r shows HEAD symref that points at a remote branch in + interest of each tracked remote repository. + +* git-config learned -e option to open an editor to edit the config file + directly. + +* git-clone runs post-checkout hook when run without --no-checkout. + +* git-format-patch can be told to use attachment with a new configuration, + format.attach. + +* git-format-patch can be told to produce deep or shallow message threads. + +* git-grep learned to highlight the found substrings in color. + +* git-imap-send learned to work around Thunderbird's inability to easily + disable format=flowed with a new configuration, imap.preformattedHTML. + +* git-rebase can be told to rebase the series even if your branch is a + descendant of the commit you are rebasing onto with --force-rebase + option. + +* git-rebase can be told to report diffstat with the --stat option. + +* Output from git-remote command has been vastly improved. + +* git-send-email learned --confirm option to review the Cc: list before + sending the messages out. + +(developers) + +* Test scripts can be run under valgrind. + +* Test scripts can be run with installed git. + +* Makefile learned 'coverage' option to run the test suites with + coverage tracking enabled. + +* Building the manpages with docbook-xsl between 1.69.1 and 1.71.1 now + requires setting DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP to work around a docbook-xsl bug. + This workaround used to be enabled by default, but causes problems + with newer versions of docbook-xsl. + +Fixes since v1.6.2 +------------------ + +All of the fixes in v1.6.2.X maintenance series are included in this +release, unless otherwise noted. + +Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to +v1.6.2.X series. + +* The initial checkout did not read the attributes from the .gitattribute + file that is being checked out. + +* git-gc spent excessive amount of time to decide if an object appears + in a locally existing pack (if needed, backport by merging 69e020a). + +--- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.6.2.1-399-gaa72a14 +echo O=$(git describe master) +git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 9b559adefc..8d818a2160 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -491,6 +491,12 @@ message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send. Gmail ----- +GMail does not appear to have any way to turn off line wrapping in the web +interface, so this will mangle any emails that you send. You can however +use any IMAP email client to connect to the google imap server, and forward +the emails through that. Just make sure to disable line wrapping in that +email client. Alternatively, use "git send-email" instead. + Submitting properly formatted patches via Gmail is simple now that IMAP support is available. First, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: @@ -503,6 +509,9 @@ account settings: port = 993 sslverify = false +You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error +that the "Folder doesn't exist". + Next, ensure that your Gmail settings are correct. In "Settings" the "Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing messages" should be checked. @@ -513,3 +522,4 @@ command to send the patch emails to your Gmail Drafts folder. Go to your Gmail account, open the Drafts folder, find the patch email, fill in the To: and CC: fields and send away! + diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf index 1e735df3bb..dc76e7f073 100644 --- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf +++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ifdef::backend-docbook[] endif::backend-docbook[] ifdef::backend-docbook[] -ifndef::docbook-xsl-172[] +ifndef::git-asciidoc-no-roff[] # "unbreak" docbook-xsl v1.68 for manpages. v1.69 works with or without this. # v1.72 breaks with this because it replaces dots not in roff requests. [listingblock] @@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ ifdef::doctype-manpage[] endif::doctype-manpage[] </literallayout> {title#}</example> -endif::docbook-xsl-172[] +endif::git-asciidoc-no-roff[] -ifdef::docbook-xsl-172[] +ifdef::git-asciidoc-no-roff[] ifdef::doctype-manpage[] # The following two small workarounds insert a simple paragraph after screen [listingblock] <example><title>{title}</title> -<screen> +<literallayout> | -</screen><simpara></simpara> +</literallayout><simpara></simpara> {title#}</example> [verseblock] @@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ ifdef::doctype-manpage[] {title%}<literallayout{id? id="{id}"}> {title#}<literallayout> | -</literallayout><simpara></simpara> +</literallayout> {title#}</para></formalpara> +{title%}<simpara></simpara> endif::doctype-manpage[] -endif::docbook-xsl-172[] +endif::git-asciidoc-no-roff[] endif::backend-docbook[] ifdef::doctype-manpage[] diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index 26cfb62195..1625ffce6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ of lines before or after the line given by <start>. tree copy has the contents of the named file (specify `-` to make the command read from the standard input). +--date <format>:: + The value is one of the following alternatives: + {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}. If --date is not + provided, the value of the blame.date config variable is + used. If the blame.date config variable is also not set, the + iso format is used. For more information, See the discussion + of the --date option at linkgit:git-log[1]. + -M|<num>|:: Detect moving lines in the file as well. When a commit moves a block of lines in a file (e.g. the original file diff --git a/Documentation/callouts.xsl b/Documentation/callouts.xsl deleted file mode 100644 index 6a361a2136..0000000000 --- a/Documentation/callouts.xsl +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -<!-- callout.xsl: converts asciidoc callouts to man page format --> -<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> -<xsl:template match="co"> - <xsl:value-of select="concat('\fB(',substring-after(@id,'-'),')\fR')"/> -</xsl:template> -<xsl:template match="calloutlist"> - <xsl:text>.sp </xsl:text> - <xsl:apply-templates/> - <xsl:text> </xsl:text> -</xsl:template> -<xsl:template match="callout"> - <xsl:value-of select="concat('\fB',substring-after(@arearefs,'-'),'. \fR')"/> - <xsl:apply-templates/> - <xsl:text>.br </xsl:text> -</xsl:template> - -<!-- sorry, this is not about callouts, but attempts to work around - spurious .sp at the tail of the line docbook stylesheets seem to add --> -<xsl:template match="simpara"> - <xsl:variable name="content"> - <xsl:apply-templates/> - </xsl:variable> - <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($content)"/> - <xsl:if test="not(ancestor::authorblurb) and - not(ancestor::personblurb)"> - <xsl:text> </xsl:text> - </xsl:if> -</xsl:template> - -</xsl:stylesheet> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index f5152c5038..ad22cb875e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ blank lines are ignored. The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric -characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable +characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable must belong to some section, which means that there must be section header before first setting of a variable. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ in the section header, like in example below: -------- Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote -'`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`', +`"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`, respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true". The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric -characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value +characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued. Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded. @@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes. You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';'). -Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must -be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'. +Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable value must +be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`. -The following escape sequences (beside '`\"`' and '`\\`') are recognized: -'`\n`' for newline character (NL), '`\t`' for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) -and '`\b`' for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal +The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized: +`\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) +and `\b` for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal char sequences are valid. -Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the +Variable value ending in a `\` is continued on the next line in the customary UNIX fashion. Some variables may require special value format. @@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ core.gitProxy:: Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable (which always applies universally, without the special "for" handling). ++ +The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to +specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern. +This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from +proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains. core.ignoreStat:: If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index @@ -382,9 +387,9 @@ core.pager:: to override git's default settings this way, you need to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager` - to "`less -+$LESS -FRX`". This will be passed to the + to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the shell by git, which will translate the final command to - "`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`". + `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`. core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to @@ -468,10 +473,14 @@ branch.autosetuprebase:: This option defaults to never. branch.<name>.remote:: - When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' which remote to fetch. - If this option is not given, 'git-fetch' defaults to remote "origin". + When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' and 'git-push' which + remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is + configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch. branch.<name>.merge:: + Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch + for the given branch. It tells 'git-fetch'/'git-pull' which + branch to merge from. When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' the default refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a @@ -548,6 +557,25 @@ color.diff.<slot>:: whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. +color.grep:: + When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or + `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only + when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`. + +color.grep.external:: + The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep' + command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned + on. If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all, + turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default. + For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even + when a pager is used. + +color.grep.match:: + Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable + may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using + the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when + calling an external 'grep'. + color.interactive:: When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive"). @@ -677,6 +705,16 @@ format.pretty:: See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]. +format.thread:: + The default threading style for 'git-format-patch'. Can be + either a boolean value, `shallow` or `deep`. 'Shallow' + threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, + where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the + `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. + 'Deep' threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. + A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false + value disables threading. + gc.aggressiveWindow:: The window size parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults @@ -1151,7 +1189,7 @@ pager.<cmd>:: particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes pr |