git-submodule - Allow adding a submodule in-place

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0c0bd3b0ebdf8e7161da7886a2eeedc73ee12d26..4027726f2ee66ebad69412a5c8c6d1aef7f7463f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -379,10 +379,14 @@ apply.whitespace::
 
 branch.autosetupmerge::
        Tells `git-branch` and `git-checkout` to setup new branches
-       so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
-       remote branch.  Note that even if this option is not set,
+       so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
+       starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
        this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
-       and `--no-track` options.  This option defaults to true.
+       and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
+       automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
+       starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
+       done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
+       branch. This option defaults to true.
 
 branch.<name>.remote::
        When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
@@ -899,6 +903,17 @@ tar.umask::
        archiving user's umask will be used instead.  See umask(2) and
        linkgit:git-archive[1].
 
+url.<base>.insteadOf::
+       Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
+       start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
+       large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
+       access methods, and some users need to use different access
+       methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
+       equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to
+       the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
+       never-before-seen repository on the site.  When more than one
+       insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
+
 user.email::
        Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
        Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and