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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
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--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ You probably do not need to adjust this value.
 +
 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
 
+core.excludeFile::
+       In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
+       '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
+       of files which are not meant to be tracked.  See
+       gitlink:gitignore[5].
+
 alias.*::
        Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
        after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
@@ -282,6 +288,13 @@ apply.whitespace::
        Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
        as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
 
+branch.autosetupmerge::
+       Tells `git-branch` and `git-checkout` to setup new branches
+       so that gitlink:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
+       remote branch.  Note that even if this option is not set,
+       this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
+       and `--no-track` options.  This option defaults to false.
+
 branch.<name>.remote::
        When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
        If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
@@ -520,7 +533,7 @@ merge.summary::
 merge.tool::
        Controls which merge resolution program is used by
        gitlink:git-mergetool[l].  Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
-       "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff"
+       "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", and "opendiff"
 
 merge.verbosity::
        Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
@@ -546,6 +559,10 @@ pack.window::
        The size of the window used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
        window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
 
+pack.depth::
+       The maximum delta depth used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
+       maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
+
 pull.octopus::
        The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
        at once.
@@ -610,8 +627,8 @@ tar.umask::
 
 user.email::
        Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
-       Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
-       environment variables.  See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
+       Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
+       'EMAIL' environment variables.  See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
 
 user.name::
        Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.