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--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
handling).
core.ignoreStat::
- The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
- mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes
- by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very
- slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
+ If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
+ will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
+ index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
+ working copy, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
+ detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
+ where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
+ See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
False by default.
core.preferSymlinkRefs::
core.whitespace::
A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
- notice. `git diff` will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
- highlight them, and `git apply --whitespace=error` will
+ notice. `git-diff` will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
+ highlight them, and `git-apply --whitespace=error` will
consider them as errors:
+
* `trailing-space` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
+core.fsyncobjectfiles::
+ This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
++
+This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
+data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
+journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
+and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
+
alias.*::
Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
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` which remote to fetch.
+ If this option is not given, `git-fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
branch.<name>.merge::
- When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default
+ 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
ref which is fetched from the remote given by
"branch.<name>.remote".
- The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
- `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
- this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
+ The merge information is used by `git-pull` (which at first calls
+ `git-fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
+ this option, `git-pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
- If you wish to setup `git pull` so that it merges into <name> from
+ If you wish to setup `git-pull` so that it merges into <name> from
another branch in the local repository, you can point
branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
`.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
color.interactive::
When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
- and displays (such as those used by "git add --interactive").
+ and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive").
When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
color.interactive.<slot>::
- Use customized color for `git add --interactive`
+ Use customized color for `git-add --interactive`
output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, or `help`, for
three distinct types of normal output from interactive
programs. The values of these variables may be specified as
take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
diff.autorefreshindex::
- When using `git diff` to compare with work tree
+ When using `git-diff` to compare with work tree
files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
update the cached stat information for paths whose
contents in the work tree match the contents in the
index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
- affects only `git diff` Porcelain, and not lower level
- `diff` commands, such as `git diff-files`.
+ affects only `git-diff` Porcelain, and not lower level
+ `diff` commands, such as `git-diff-files`.
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
- detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
+ detection; equivalent to the git-diff option '-l'.
diff.renames::
Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
- algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
+ algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults
to 10.
gc.auto::
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
+ `git-gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
- from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets `git
- gc` to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells
- `git gc` never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is
+ from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets `git-gc`
+ to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells
+ `git-gc` never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is
`notbare`. Enable it only when you know you do not have to
support such clients. The default setting will change to `true`
at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to
- prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from `git gc`.
+ 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`.
+ 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
+ `git-reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
this time; defaults to 90 days.
gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
- `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
+ `git-reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
defaults to 30 days.
gc.rerereresolved::
Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
- kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run.
+ kept for this many days when `git-rerere gc` is run.
The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
gc.rerereunresolved::
Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
- kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run.
+ kept for this many days when `git-rerere gc` is run.
The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
rerere.enabled::
log.date::
Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
- value is similar to using git log's --date option. The value is one of
+ value is similar to using git-log's --date option. The value is one of the
following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
See linkgit:git-log[1].
legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
- packs. Version 2 is selected and this config option ignored
- whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB. Otherwise
- the default is 1.
+ packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
+ and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
+ larger than 2 GB.
++
+If you have an old git that does not understand the version 2 `{asterisk}.idx` file,
+cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")
+that will copy both `{asterisk}.pack` file and corresponding `{asterisk}.idx` file from the
+other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
+older version of git. If the `{asterisk}.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
+you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
+the `{asterisk}.idx` file.
pack.packSizeLimit::
The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
<group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
- Allow linkgit:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses
- delta-base offset. Defaults to false.
-
-show.difftree::
- The default linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
- for linkgit:git-show[1].
+ By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
+ delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
+ git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
+ protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
+ "false" and repack. Access from old git versions over the
+ native protocol are unaffected by this option.
showbranch.default::
The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
relative to the repository root (this was the default for git
prior to v1.5.4).
+status.showUntrackedFiles::
+ By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
+ files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
+ contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
+ only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
+ all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
+ systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
+ the untracked files. Possible values are:
++
+--
+ - 'no' - Show no untracked files
+ - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
+ - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories.
+--
++
+If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
+This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
+of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
+
tar.umask::
This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key
using any method that gpg supports.
-whatchanged.difftree::
- The default linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
- for linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
-
imap::
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].