Documentation: clarify effects of -- <path> arguments

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index d16136210a010a3ff502f80969c97667605170a1..4914d768c7c2f14abd854a58c594a4e88184047d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ core.logAllRefUpdates::
        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.
+       file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
+       refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/),
+       note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD.
 +
 This information can be used to determine what commit
 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
@@ -587,6 +589,8 @@ it will be treated as a shell command.  For example, defining
 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD".  Note that shell commands will be
 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
 not necessarily be the current directory.
+'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
+from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
 
 am.keepcr::
        If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
@@ -641,7 +645,7 @@ branch.<name>.remote::
 
 branch.<name>.merge::
        Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
-       for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull' which
+       for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
        branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
        When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
        refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
@@ -1308,9 +1312,15 @@ interactive.singlekey::
        In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
        input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
        Currently this is used by the `\--patch` mode of
-       linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-reset[1], linkgit:git-stash[1] and
-       linkgit:git-checkout[1]. Note that this setting is silently
-       ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
+       linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
+       linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
+       setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
+       is not available.
+
+log.abbrevCommit::
+       If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
+       linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `\--abbrev-commit`. You may
+       override this option with `\--no-abbrev-commit`.
 
 log.date::
        Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.