Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index d4a476e2ff9322348df099bfdfbba2832c8d47a4..8d5d2005806289b7da9290fd0c40f12016d5ef53 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -324,10 +324,11 @@ branch.<name>.remote::
        If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
 
 branch.<name>.merge::
-       When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
-       be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
-       a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote
-       given by "branch.<name>.remote".
+       When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default
+       refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
+       handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
+       ref which is fetched from the remote given by
+       "branch.<name>.remote".
        The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
        `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
        this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
@@ -344,8 +345,8 @@ branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
        supported.
 
 clean.requireForce::
-       A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f or -n.  Defaults
-       to false.
+       A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f
+       or -n.   Defaults to true.
 
 color.branch::
        A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
@@ -660,6 +661,15 @@ pack.threads::
        machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
        is however multiplied by the number of threads.
 
+pack.indexVersion::
+       Specify the default pack index version.  Valid values are 1 for
+       legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
+       the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
+       as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
+       packs.  Version 2 is selected and this config option ignored
+       whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB.  Otherwise
+       the default is 1.
+
 pull.octopus::
        The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
        at once.