Merge branch 'bc/filter-branch'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index c5e094a9c4a31568e4efb2c70af7e7808ae63528..00f089fee4178b8d402307979b8adc898af6fdc7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -234,7 +234,13 @@ core.worktree::
        used in combination with repositories found automatically in
        a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
        This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
-       variable and the '--work-tree' command line option.
+       variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. It can be
+       a absolute path or relative path to the directory specified by
+       --git-dir or GIT_DIR.
+       Note: If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
+       --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
+       the current working directory is regarded as the top directory
+       of your working tree.
 
 core.logAllRefUpdates::
        Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
@@ -261,7 +267,12 @@ core.sharedRepository::
        group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
        repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
        group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
-       reported by umask(2). See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
+       reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
+       files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
+       user's umask value, and thus, users with a safe umask (0077) can use
+       this option. Examples: '0660' is equivalent to 'group'. '0640' is a
+       repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
+       See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
 
 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
        If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
@@ -420,6 +431,11 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
        it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
        for details).
 
+browser.<tool>.cmd::
+       Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
+       specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
+       as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].)
+
 browser.<tool>.path::
        Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
        browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
@@ -577,7 +593,7 @@ gc.autopacklimit::
        When there are more than this many packs that are not
        marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
        --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack.  The
-       default value is 20.  Setting this to 0 disables it.
+       default value is 50.  Setting this to 0 disables it.
 
 gc.packrefs::
        `git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
@@ -590,6 +606,10 @@ gc.packrefs::
        at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to
        prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from `git gc`.
 
+gc.pruneexpire::
+       When `git gc` is run, it will call `prune --expire 2.weeks.ago`.
+       Override the grace period with this config variable.
+
 gc.reflogexpire::
        `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
        this time; defaults to 90 days.
@@ -652,6 +672,13 @@ gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass::
        'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
        linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
 
+gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
+       Database table name prefix.  Prepended to the names of any
+       database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
+       for several repositories.  Supports variable substitution (see
+       linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).  Any non-alphabetic
+       characters will be replaced with underscores.
+
 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be
 specified as 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
@@ -748,6 +775,10 @@ log.showroot::
        Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
        normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
 
+man.viewer::
+       Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
+       'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
+
 merge.summary::
        Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
        merge commit messages. False by default.
@@ -860,7 +891,7 @@ pack.indexVersion::
        whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB.  Otherwise
        the default is 1.
 
-pack.packSizeLimit:
+pack.packSizeLimit::
        The default maximum size of a pack.  This setting only affects
        packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected.  It
        can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of
@@ -890,6 +921,10 @@ remote.<name>.push::
        The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
        linkgit:git-push[1].
 
+remote.<name>.mirror::
+       If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
+       as if the `\--mirror` option was given on the command line.
+
 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
        If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
        using the update subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1].
@@ -971,6 +1006,12 @@ imap::
        The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
        in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
 
+receive.fsckObjects::
+       If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
+       objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
+       broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
+       Defaults to false.
+
 receive.unpackLimit::
        If the number of objects received in a push is below this
        limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object