grep: rip out support for external grep

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index d8b842bd0ea6208b426f5c8545d4dd3f79833168..6a96d9d23e1d032a7a9bc0b88729849ecb9c17f6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -126,12 +126,20 @@ advice.*::
                Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
                output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
                when writing commit messages. Default: true.
+       commitBeforeMerge::
+               Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
+               merge to avoid overwritting local changes.
+               Default: true.
 --
 
 core.fileMode::
        If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
        the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
-       See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
+       See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
++
+The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
+will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the
+repository is created.
 
 core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks::
        This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false,
@@ -144,6 +152,18 @@ core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks::
        is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's
        POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode.
 
+core.ignorecase::
+       If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
+       git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
+       like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
+       "makefile" when git expects "Makefile", git will assume
+       it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
+       "Makefile".
++
+The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
+will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository
+is created.
+
 core.trustctime::
        If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
        working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time
@@ -169,9 +189,10 @@ core.autocrlf::
        writing to the filesystem.  The variable can be set to
        'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
        reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
-       `LF` at the end of lines.  Currently, which paths to consider
-       "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is
-       decided purely based on the contents.
+       `LF` at the end of lines.  A file is considered
+       "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on
+       the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified,
+       based on the file's contents.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
 
 core.safecrlf::
        If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by
@@ -223,7 +244,11 @@ core.symlinks::
        contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
        linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
        file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
-       symbolic links. True by default.
+       symbolic links.
++
+The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
+will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
+is created.
 
 core.gitProxy::
        A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
@@ -610,24 +635,16 @@ color.diff.<slot>::
        Use customized color for diff colorization.  `<slot>` specifies
        which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
        of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
-       (hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines),
-       `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting
-       whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as
-       in color.branch.<slot>.
+       (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
+       `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
+       (highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be
+       specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
 
 color.grep::
        When set to `always`, always highlight matches.  When `false` (or
        `never`), never.  When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
        when the output is written to the terminal.  Defaults to `false`.
 
-color.grep.external::
-       The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep'
-       command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned
-       on.  If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all,
-       turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default.
-       For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even
-       when a pager is used.
-
 color.grep.match::
        Use customized color for matches.  The value of this variable
        may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.  It is passed using
@@ -1416,7 +1433,13 @@ remote.<name>.mirror::
 
 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
        If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
-       using the update subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1].
+       using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
+       linkgit:git-remote[1].
+
+remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
+       If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
+       using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
+       linkgit:git-remote[1].
 
 remote.<name>.receivepack::
        The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing.  See