diff -p: squelch "diff --git" header for stat-dirty paths

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index cda6721013ac3f01e7a3b6a7e770266852cef131..538ebb5e2ecc58f1ddcb7adb44ded3b027555ec2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -450,6 +450,21 @@ core.excludesfile::
        to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's
        home directory.  See linkgit:gitignore[5].
 
+core.askpass::
+       Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
+       ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
+       via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
+       environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
+       'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
+       prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
+       command line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
+
+core.attributesfile::
+       In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
+       '.git/info/attributes', git looks into this file for attributes
+       (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
+       way as for `core.excludesfile`.
+
 core.editor::
        Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
        messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
@@ -804,8 +819,6 @@ diff.mnemonicprefix::
        standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared.  When
        this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
        the order of the prefixes:
-diff.noprefix::
-       If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
 `git diff`;;
        compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
 `git diff HEAD`;;
@@ -817,6 +830,9 @@ diff.noprefix::
 `git diff --no-index a b`;;
        compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
 
+diff.noprefix::
+       If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
+
 diff.renameLimit::
        The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
        detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
@@ -1456,6 +1472,10 @@ pack.compression::
        not set,  defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
        compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
        to level 6)."
++
+Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
+all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
+to linkgit:git-repack[1].
 
 pack.deltaCacheSize::
        The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
@@ -1540,12 +1560,12 @@ push.default::
        no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
        line. Possible values are:
 +
-* `nothing` do not push anything.
-* `matching` push all matching branches.
+* `nothing` - do not push anything.
+* `matching` - push all matching branches.
   All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
   matching. This is the default.
-* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
-* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
+* `tracking` - push the current branch to its upstream branch.
+* `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
 
 rebase.stat::
        Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
@@ -1717,6 +1737,7 @@ sendemail.to::
 sendemail.smtpdomain::
 sendemail.smtpserver::
 sendemail.smtpserverport::
+sendemail.smtpserveroption::
 sendemail.smtpuser::
 sendemail.thread::
 sendemail.validate::
@@ -1745,9 +1766,9 @@ status.showUntrackedFiles::
        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.
+* `no` - Show no untracked files.
+* `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
+* `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
 --
 +
 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.