Documentation: pack.compression: explain how to recompress

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0510ac795c1d558b7f3a551ac5cc10ba1f1c8dff..ad81df33705d42b3ab6b63ef882cb5965d51ec8a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -450,6 +450,15 @@ core.excludesfile::
        to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's
        home directory.  See linkgit:gitignore[5].
 
+core.askpass::
+       Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
+       ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
+       via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
+       environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
+       'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
+       prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
+       command line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
+
 core.editor::
        Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
        messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
@@ -804,8 +813,6 @@ diff.mnemonicprefix::
        standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared.  When
        this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
        the order of the prefixes:
-diff.noprefix::
-       If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
 `git diff`;;
        compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
 `git diff HEAD`;;
@@ -817,6 +824,9 @@ diff.noprefix::
 `git diff --no-index a b`;;
        compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
 
+diff.noprefix::
+       If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
+
 diff.renameLimit::
        The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
        detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
@@ -829,7 +839,8 @@ diff.renames::
 diff.ignoreSubmodules::
        Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
        affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
-       commands such as 'git diff-files'.
+       commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors
+       this setting when reporting uncommitted changes.
 
 diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
        A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
@@ -1455,6 +1466,10 @@ 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