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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 9 |
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index b78747abc6..0460af37e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -2084,12 +2084,31 @@ ssh.variant:: Depending on the value of the environment variables `GIT_SSH` or `GIT_SSH_COMMAND`, or the config setting `core.sshCommand`, Git auto-detects whether to adjust its command-line parameters for use - with plink or tortoiseplink, as opposed to the default (OpenSSH). + with ssh (OpenSSH), plink or tortoiseplink, as opposed to the default + (simple). + The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this auto-detection; -valid values are `ssh`, `plink`, `putty` or `tortoiseplink`. Any other value -will be treated as normal ssh. This setting can be overridden via the -environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`. +valid values are `ssh`, `simple`, `plink`, `putty` or `tortoiseplink`. Any +other value will be treated as normal ssh. This setting can be overridden via +the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`. ++ +The current command-line parameters used for each variant are as +follows: ++ +-- + +* `ssh` - [-p port] [-4] [-6] [-o option] [username@]host command + +* `simple` - [username@]host command + +* `plink` or `putty` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] [username@]host command + +* `tortoiseplink` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] -batch [username@]host command + +-- ++ +Except for the `simple` variant, command-line parameters are likely to +change as git gains new features. i18n.commitEncoding:: Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 7518ea3af2..8bc3f21473 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -518,11 +518,10 @@ 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. |