Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 838794dca71d59f82eaec770ba31537297af8066..61c376057c0f2b9510bf6f1b2beb42f9859b7f46 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Example
 
        # Our diff algorithm
        [diff]
-               external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
+               external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
                renames = true
 
        [branch "devel"]
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ core.fileMode::
        the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
        See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
 
+core.trustctime::
+       If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
+       working copy 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.
+
 core.quotepath::
        The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
        'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
@@ -358,7 +365,8 @@ core.whitespace::
        A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
        notice.  'git-diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
        highlight them, and 'git-apply --whitespace=error' will
-       consider them as errors:
+       consider them as errors.  You can prefix `-` to disable
+       any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
 +
 * `trailing-space` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
   as an error (enabled by default).
@@ -562,9 +570,11 @@ diff.autorefreshindex::
 diff.external::
        If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
        performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
-       given command.  Note: if you want to use an external diff
-       program only on a subset of your files, you might want to
-       use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
+       given command.  Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
+       environment variable.  The command is called with parameters
+       as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1].  Note: if
+       you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
+       your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
 
 diff.renameLimit::
        The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
@@ -685,7 +695,7 @@ gitcvs.usecrlfattr
        treat it as text. If `crlf` is explicitly unset, the file
        will be set with '-kb' mode, which supresses any newline munging
        the client might otherwise do. If `crlf` is not specified,
-       then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattribute[5].
+       then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
 
 gitcvs.allbinary::
        This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve