Merge branch 'jk/add-e-doc'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 7f6b2109bd83a55b7dddd8a8bc36c6fc1006a134..6a6c0b5bd83774c9c92f5530f327019c322d3c2a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -459,6 +459,12 @@ core.askpass::
        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
@@ -595,8 +601,9 @@ branch.autosetupmerge::
        this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
        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
+       starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
+       automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
+       local branch or remote-tracking
        branch. This option defaults to true.
 
 branch.autosetuprebase::
@@ -607,7 +614,7 @@ branch.autosetuprebase::
        When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
        other local branches.
        When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
-       remote branches.
+       remote-tracking branches.
        When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
        branches.
        See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
@@ -674,7 +681,7 @@ color.branch::
 color.branch.<slot>::
        Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
        `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
-       `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
+       `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
        refs).
 +
 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
@@ -702,7 +709,7 @@ color.diff.<slot>::
 color.decorate.<slot>::
        Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output.  `<slot>` is one
        of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
-       branches, remote tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
+       branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
 
 color.grep::
        When set to `always`, always highlight matches.  When `false` (or
@@ -1096,7 +1103,7 @@ gui.newbranchtemplate::
        linkgit:git-gui[1].
 
 gui.pruneduringfetch::
-       "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
+       "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
        performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
 
 gui.trustmtime::
@@ -1466,6 +1473,10 @@ 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
@@ -1727,6 +1738,7 @@ sendemail.to::
 sendemail.smtpdomain::
 sendemail.smtpserver::
 sendemail.smtpserverport::
+sendemail.smtpserveroption::
 sendemail.smtpuser::
 sendemail.thread::
 sendemail.validate::