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2008-11-26config.txt: alphabetize configuration sectionsLibravatar Matt McCutchen1-48/+48
I figured the sections might as well be in some order, so I chose alphabetical but with "core" at the beginning. This should help people add new variables in the right places. Signed-off-by: Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-26Documentation: clarify the details of overriding LESS via core.pagerLibravatar Chris Frey1-2/+11
The process of overriding the default LESS options using only git-specific methods is rather obscure. Show the end user how to do it in a step-by-step manner. Signed-off-by: Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-08-30config.txt: Add missing colons after option nameLibravatar Teemu Likonen1-1/+1
gitcvs.usecrlfattr --> gitcvs.usecrlfattr:: This fixes an asciidoc markup issue. Signed-off-by: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-08-24Documentation: clarify pager configurationLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-2/+7
The unwary user may not know how to disable the -FRSX options. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-08-24Documentation: clarify pager.<cmd> configurationLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-3/+5
It was not obvious from the text that pager.<cmd> is a boolean setting. While we're changing the description, make some other improvements: lest we forget and fret, clarify that -p and pager.<cmd> do not kick in when stdout is not a tty; point to related core.pager and GIT_PAGER settings; use renamed --paginate option. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-08-16Documentation: document the pager.* configuration settingLibravatar Miklos Vajna1-0/+5
It was already documented in RelNotes-1.6.0, but not in the git-config manual page. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-08-05Documentation: typos / spelling fixesLibravatar Mike Ralphson1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Mike Ralphson <mike@abacus.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-28Make use of stat.ctime configurableLibravatar Alex Riesen1-0/+7
A new configuration variable 'core.trustctime' is introduced to allow ignoring st_ctime information when checking if paths in the working tree has changed, because there are situations where it produces too much false positives. Like when file system crawlers keep changing it when scanning and using the ctime for marking scanned files. The default is to notice ctime changes. Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-27Documentation: fix diff.external exampleLibravatar Anders Melchiorsen1-4/+6
The diff.external examples pass a flag to gnu-diff, but GNU diff does not follow the GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF interface. Signed-off-by: Anders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-25Documentation: clarify how to disable elements in core.whitespaceLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Noticed by Peter Valdemar Mørch. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-08Documentation: fix broken "linkgit" linksLibravatar Eric Hanchrow1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-07Merge branch 'jc/rerere'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
* jc/rerere: rerere.autoupdate t4200: fix rerere test rerere: remove dubious "tail_optimization" git-rerere: detect unparsable conflicts rerere: rerere_created_at() and has_resolution() abstraction
2008-07-05manpages: italicize git subcommand names (which were in teletype font)Libravatar Jonathan Nieder1-4/+4
Italicize those git subcommand names already in teletype we missed. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-05manpages: italicize git command names (which were in teletype font)Libravatar Jonathan Nieder1-27/+27
The names of git commands are not meant to be entered at the commandline; they are just names. So we render them in italics, as is usual for command names in manpages. Using doit () { perl -e 'for (<>) { s/\`(git-[^\`.]*)\`/'\''\1'\''/g; print }' } for i in git*.txt config.txt diff*.txt blame*.txt fetch*.txt i18n.txt \ merge*.txt pretty*.txt pull*.txt rev*.txt urls*.txt do doit <"$i" >"$i+" && mv "$i+" "$i" done git diff . Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-05manpages: italicize command namesLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-2/+2
This includes nongit commands like RCS 'merge'. This patch only italicizes names of commands if they had no formatting before. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-05Documentation: more "git-" versus "git " changesLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-26/+26
With git-commands moving out of $(bindir), it is useful to make a clearer distinction between the git subcommand 'git-whatever' and the command you type, `git whatever <options>`. So we use a dash after "git" when referring to the former and not the latter. I already sent a patch doing this same thing, but I missed some spots. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-05Documentation: rewrap to prepare for "git-" vs "git " changeLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-2/+2
Rewrap lines in preparation for added dashes. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-01Merge branch 'np/pack-default'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+17
* np/pack-default: pack.indexversion config option now defaults to 2 repack.usedeltabaseoffset config option now defaults to "true"
2008-06-28Documentation: remove {show,whatchanged}.difftree config optionsLibravatar Olivier Marin1-8/+0
This removes, from the documentation and the bash completion script, the two config options that were introduced by the git-whatchanged.sh script and lost in the C rewrite. Today, we can use aliases as an alternative. Signed-off-by: Olivier Marin <dkr@freesurf.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-25pack.indexversion config option now defaults to 2Libravatar Nicolas Pitre1-3/+11
As announced for 1.6.0. Git older than version 1.5.2 (or any other git version with this option set to 1) may revert to version 1 of the pack index by manually deleting all .idx files and recreating them using 'git index-pack'. Communication over the git native protocol is unaffected since the pack index is never transferred. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-25Merge branch 'lt/config-fsync'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+8
* lt/config-fsync: Add config option to enable 'fsync()' of object files Split up default "i18n" and "branch" config parsing into helper routines Split up default "user" config parsing into helper routine Split up default "core" config parsing into helper routine
2008-06-25repack.usedeltabaseoffset config option now defaults to "true"Libravatar Nicolas Pitre1-2/+6
As announced for 1.6.0. Access over the native protocol by old git versions is unaffected as this capability is negociated by the protocol. Otherwise setting this config option to "false" and doing a 'git repack -a -d' is enough to remain compatible with ancient git versions (older than 1.4.4). Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-22rerere.autoupdateLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
When this configuration is set, paths that are autoresolved by git-rerere are updated in the index as well.
2008-06-18Add config option to enable 'fsync()' of object filesLibravatar Linus Torvalds1-0/+8
As explained in the documentation[*] this is totally useless on filesystems that do ordered/journalled data writes, but it can be a useful safety feature on filesystems like HFS+ that only journal the metadata, not the actual file contents. It defaults to off, although we could presumably in theory some day auto-enable it on a per-filesystem basis. [*] Yes, I updated the docs for the thing. Hell really _has_ frozen over, and the four horsemen are probably just beyond the horizon. EVERYBODY PANIC! Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-09Add configuration option for default untracked files modeLibravatar Marius Storm-Olsen1-0/+19
By default, the untracked files mode for commit/status is 'normal' Signed-off-by: Marius Storm-Olsen <marius@trolltech.com>
2008-05-31Clearify the documentation for core.ignoreStatLibravatar Marius Storm-Olsen1-4/+7
The previous documentation didn't make it clear that the "assume unchanged" was on per file basis, and not a global flag. Signed-off-by: Marius Storm-Olsen <marius@trolltech.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-25Merge branch 'mo/cvsserver'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+20
* mo/cvsserver: Documentation: Fix skipped section level git-cvsserver: add ability to guess -kb from contents implement gitcvs.usecrlfattr git-cvsserver: add mechanism for managing working tree and current directory
2008-05-23Add log.date config variableLibravatar Heikki Orsila1-0/+6
log.date config variable sets the default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date value is similar to using git log's --date option. Signed-off-by: Heikki Orsila <heikki.orsila@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-22Updated status to show 'Not currently on any branch' in redLibravatar Chris Parsons1-2/+4
This provides additional warning to users when attempting to commit to a detached HEAD. It is configurable in color.status.nobranch. Signed-off-by: Chris Parsons <chris@edendevelopment.co.uk> Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-16git-cvsserver: add ability to guess -kb from contentsLibravatar Matthew Ogilvie1-5/+8
If "gitcvs.allbinary" is set to "guess", then any file that has not been explicitly marked as binary or text using the "crlf" attribute and the "gitcvs.usecrlfattr" config will guess binary based on the contents of the file. Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-16implement gitcvs.usecrlfattrLibravatar Matthew Ogilvie1-6/+17
If gitcvs.usecrlfattr is set to true, git-cvsserver will consult the "crlf" for each file to determine if it should mark the file as binary (-kb). Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-11Allow tracking branches to set up rebase by default.Libravatar Dustin Sallings1-0/+15
Change cd67e4d4 introduced a new configuration parameter that told pull to automatically perform a rebase instead of a merge. This change provides a configuration option to enable this feature automatically when creating a new branch. If the variable branch.autosetuprebase applies for a branch that's being created, that branch will have branch.<name>.rebase set to true. Signed-off-by: Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-08Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
* maint: Documentation/config.txt: Mention branch.<name>.rebase applies to "git pull" doc: clarify definition of "update" for git-add -u
2008-05-08Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
* maint-1.5.4: Documentation/config.txt: Mention branch.<name>.rebase applies to "git pull" doc: clarify definition of "update" for git-add -u
2008-05-08Merge branch 'sg/merge-options' (early part)Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-31/+1
* 'sg/merge-options' (early part): merge, pull: add '--(no-)log' command line option fmt-merge-msg: add '--(no-)log' options and 'merge.log' config variable add 'merge.stat' config variable merge, pull: introduce '--(no-)stat' option doc: moved merge.* config variables into separate merge-config.txt
2008-05-08Merge branch 'cc/help'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+9
* cc/help: documentation: web--browse: add a note about konqueror documentation: help: add info about "man.<tool>.cmd" config var help: use "man.<tool>.cmd" as custom man viewer command documentation: help: add "man.<tool>.path" config variable help: use man viewer path from "man.<tool>.path" config var
2008-05-08Documentation/config.txt: Mention branch.<name>.rebase applies to "git pull"Libravatar Dustin Sallings1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-08Documentation/config.txt: Add git-gui optionsLibravatar Gustaf Hendeby1-0/+30
The 'git gui' has a number of options that can be specified using the options dialog. Sometimes it is convenient to be able to specify these from the command line, therefor document these options. Signed-off-by: Gustaf Hendeby <hendeby@isy.liu.se> Acked-by: Shawn O. Pearce <speace@spearce.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-05Merge branch 'pb/remote-mirror-config'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
* pb/remote-mirror-config: Add a remote.*.mirror configuration option
2008-04-29Documentation on --git-dir and --work-treeLibravatar Liu Yubao1-1/+7
2008-04-26documentation: help: add info about "man.<tool>.cmd" config varLibravatar Christian Couder1-0/+5
This patch also describes the current behavior for "konqueror" and how to modify it using "man.<tool>.cmd" if needed. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-26documentation: help: add "man.<tool>.path" config variableLibravatar Christian Couder1-0/+4
This patch documents the "man.<tool>.path" configuration variable. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-20Add a remote.*.mirror configuration optionLibravatar Paolo Bonzini1-0/+4
This patch adds a remote.*.mirror configuration option that, when set, automatically puts git-push in --mirror mode for that remote. Furthermore, the option is set automatically by `git remote add --mirror'. The code in remote.c to parse remote.*.skipdefaultupdate had a subtle problem: a comment in the code indicated that special care was needed for boolean options, but this care was not used in parsing the option. Since I was touching related code, I did this fix too. [jc: and I further fixed up the "ignore boolean" code.] Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-16Make core.sharedRepository more genericLibravatar Heikki Orsila1-1/+6
git init --shared=0xxx, where '0xxx' is an octal number, will create a repository with file modes set to '0xxx'. Users with a safe umask value (0077) can use this option to force file modes. For example, '0640' is a group-readable but not group-writable regardless of user's umask value. Values compatible with old Git versions are written as they were before, for compatibility reasons. That is, "1" for "group" and "2" for "everybody". "git config core.sharedRepository 0xxx" is also handled. Signed-off-by: Heikki Orsila <heikki.orsila@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-12doc: moved merge.* config variables into separate merge-config.txtLibravatar SZEDER Gábor1-31/+1
Include the new file from config.txt and git-merge.txt. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-09Merge branch 'mk/unpack-careful'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+6
* mk/unpack-careful: t5300: add test for "index-pack --strict" receive-pack: allow using --strict mode for unpacking objects unpack-objects: fix --strict handling t5300: add test for "unpack-objects --strict" unpack-objects: prevent writing of inconsistent objects
2008-03-30Allow git-cvsserver database table name prefix to be specified.Libravatar Josh Elsasser1-0/+7
Adds a gitcvs.dbtablenameprefix config variable, the contents of which are prepended to any database tables names used by git-cvsserver. The same substutions as gitcvs.dbname and gitcvs.dbuser are supported, and any non-alphabetic characters are replaced with underscores. A typo found in contrib/completion/git-completion.bash is also fixed. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-23gc --auto: raise default auto pack limit from 20 to 50Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Recent discussion on the list, with the improvement f7c22cc (always start looking up objects in the last used pack first, 2007-05-30) brought in, reached the concensus that the current default 20 is too low. Reference: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/77586 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-15Merge branch 'cc/help'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
* cc/help: Documentation/git-help: typofix help: warn if specified 'man.viewer' is unsupported, instead of erroring out Documentation: help: explain 'man.viewer' multiple values help: implement multi-valued "man.viewer" config option Documentation: help: describe 'man.viewer' config variable help: add "man.viewer" config var to use "woman" or "konqueror"
2008-03-14Documention: web--browse: add info about "browser.<tool>.cmd" config varLibravatar Christian Couder1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>