git-repack: repo.usedeltabaseoffset

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 5290a8fd1f79c4ee4400b8dc5b998144552662f0..88e0bf00c2bd1dd1d57aa3ac91dfb004c4e2a4b3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -83,9 +83,12 @@ core.repositoryFormatVersion::
        version.
 
 core.sharedRepository::
-       If true, the repository is made shareable between several users
-       in a group (making sure all the files and objects are group-writable).
-       See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
+       When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
+       several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
+       group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
+       repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
+       group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
+       reported by umask(2). See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
 
 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
        If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
@@ -97,6 +100,12 @@ core.compression::
        compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
        slowest.
 
+core.legacyheaders::
+       A boolean which enables the legacy object header format in case
+       you want to interoperate with old clients accessing the object
+       database directly (where the "http://" and "rsync://" protocols
+       count as direct access).
+
 alias.*::
        Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
        after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
@@ -110,6 +119,33 @@ apply.whitespace::
        Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
        as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
 
+branch.<name>.remote::
+       When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
+
+branch.<name>.merge::
+       When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default remote branch
+       to be merged.
+
+pager.color::
+       A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
+       use (default is true).
+
+diff.color::
+       When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
+       When false (or `never`), never.  When set to `auto`, use
+       colors only when the output is to the terminal.
+
+diff.color.<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), or `new` (added lines).  The value for these
+       configuration variables can be one of: `normal`, `bold`,
+       `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, `reset`, `black`,
+       `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, or
+       `white`.
+
 diff.renameLimit::
        The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
        detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
@@ -177,6 +213,10 @@ merge.summary::
        Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
        merge commit messages. False by default.
 
+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.
+
 pull.octopus::
        The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
        at once.
@@ -184,6 +224,10 @@ pull.octopus::
 pull.twohead::
        The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
 
+repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
+       Allow gitlink:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses
+       delta-base offset.  Defaults to false.
+
 show.difftree::
        The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
        for gitlink:git-show[1].
@@ -192,6 +236,31 @@ showbranch.default::
        The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
        See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
 
+status.color::
+       A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
+       gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
+       `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
+       only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
+
+status.color.<slot>::
+       Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
+       one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
+       `updated` (files which are updated but not committed),
+       `changed` (files which are changed but not updated in the index),
+       or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
+       these variables may be specified as in diff.color.<slot>.
+
+tar.umask::
+       By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
+       to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
+       such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
+       With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
+       gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
+       The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
+       be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
+       the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
+       value remains 0, which means world read-write.
+
 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'
@@ -209,3 +278,10 @@ whatchanged.difftree::
 imap::
        The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
        in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].
+
+receive.denyNonFastforwads::
+       If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
+       not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
+       even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
+       set when initializing a shared repository.
+