core.logallrefupdates thinko-fix

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index d89916bea77a0200b5fe45cf2da19c149cc2f05b..232e2a9732236a61112f88ee28c195d7bb5b6730 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -71,21 +71,28 @@ core.preferSymlinkRefs::
        expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
 
 core.logAllRefUpdates::
-       If true, `git-update-ref` will append a line to
-       "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" listing the new SHA1 and the date/time
-       of the update.  If the file does not exist it will be
-       created automatically.  This information can be used to
-       determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
-       This value is false by default (no logging).
+       Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
+       "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
+       SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
+       only when the file exists.  If this configuration
+       variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
+       file is automatically created for branch heads.
+
+       This information can be used to determine what commit
+       was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".  This value is
+       false by default (no automated creation of log files).
 
 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
        Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
        version.
 
 core.sharedRepository::
-       If true, the repository is made shareable between several users
-       in a group (making sure all the files and objects are group-writable).
-       See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
+       When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
+       several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
+       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 gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
 
 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
        If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
@@ -116,6 +123,13 @@ apply.whitespace::
        Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
        as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
 
+branch.<name>.remote::
+       When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
+
+branch.<name>.merge::
+       When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default remote branch
+       to be merged.
+
 pager.color::
        A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
        use (default is true).
@@ -192,6 +206,12 @@ http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
        Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
        'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
 
+http.noEPSV::
+       A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
+       This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which doesn't
+       support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
+       environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
+
 i18n.commitEncoding::
        Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
        does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
@@ -222,6 +242,20 @@ showbranch.default::
        The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
        See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
 
+status.color::
+       A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
+       gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
+       `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
+       only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
+
+status.color.<slot>::
+       Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
+       one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
+       `updated` (files which are updated but not committed),
+       `changed` (files which are changed but not updated in the index),
+       or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
+       these variables may be specified as in diff.color.<slot>.
+
 tar.umask::
        By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
        to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
@@ -250,3 +284,10 @@ whatchanged.difftree::
 imap::
        The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
        in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].
+
+receive.denyNonFastforwads::
+       If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
+       not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
+       even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
+       set when initializing a shared repository.
+