git apply: option to ignore whitespace differences

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 6857d2f4a91eacfda54704b28dab6a2c4efd7563..0b53cab6af60f0a0040de895ec7aa180a037b8a7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
 In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
 names.
 
-All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form
+All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
+header) 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
@@ -460,6 +461,14 @@ it will be treated as a shell command.  For example, defining
 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
 not necessarily be the current directory.
 
+apply.ignorewhitespace::
+       When set to 'change', tells 'git-apply' to ignore changes in
+       whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
+       option.
+       When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git-apply' to
+       respect all whitespace differences.
+       See linkgit:git-apply[1].
+
 apply.whitespace::
        Tells 'git-apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
        as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].