Merge branch 'ew/keepalive' into maint

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 87643882fcb26415ad805dd1c8ab72c1fd3e4604..5a841da6d4cd86c4340abf001f735a37035d198f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ lines.  Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
 You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
 don't need to.
 
-There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
-In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
-names.
+There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
+syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
+compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
+restrictions as section names.
 
 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ advice.*::
 
 core.fileMode::
        If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
-       the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
+       the working tree are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
        See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
 +
 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ is created.
 
 core.trustctime::
        If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
-       working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time
+       working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
        is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
        crawlers and some backup systems).
        See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ core.ignoreStat::
        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
+       working tree, 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].
@@ -473,6 +474,12 @@ core.editor::
        variable when it is set, and the environment variable
        `GIT_EDITOR` is not set.  See linkgit:git-var[1].
 
+sequence.editor::
+       Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase insn file.
+       The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
+       It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
+       When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
+
 core.pager::
        The command that git will use to paginate output.  Can
        be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment
@@ -857,6 +864,13 @@ fetch.recurseSubmodules::
        when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
        reference.
 
+fetch.fsckObjects::
+       If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
+       objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
+       broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
+       Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
+       is used instead.
+
 fetch.unpackLimit::
        If the number of objects fetched over the git native
        transfer is below this
@@ -1064,6 +1078,23 @@ All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
 access method.
 
+gitweb.category::
+gitweb.description::
+gitweb.owner::
+gitweb.url::
+       See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
+
+gitweb.avatar::
+gitweb.blame::
+gitweb.grep::
+gitweb.highlight::
+gitweb.patches::
+gitweb.pickaxe::
+gitweb.remote_heads::
+gitweb.showsizes::
+gitweb.snapshot::
+       See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
+
 grep.lineNumber::
        If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
 
@@ -1198,6 +1229,14 @@ http.proxy::
        environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]).  This can be overridden
        on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
 
+http.cookiefile::
+       File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used
+       in the git http session, if they match the server. The file format
+       of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
+       the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see linkgit:curl[1]).
+       NOTE that the file specified with http.cookiefile is only used as
+       input. No cookies will be stored in the file.
+
 http.sslVerify::
        Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
        over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
@@ -1588,7 +1627,8 @@ receive.fsckObjects::
        If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
        objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
        broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
-       Defaults to false.
+       Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
+       is used instead.
 
 receive.unpackLimit::
        If the number of objects received in a push is below this
@@ -1823,6 +1863,11 @@ tar.umask::
        archiving user's umask will be used instead.  See umask(2) and
        linkgit:git-archive[1].
 
+transfer.fsckObjects::
+       When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
+       not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
+       Defaults to false.
+
 transfer.unpackLimit::
        When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
        not set, the value of this variable is used instead.