Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 6e63b5938f60f544cf3db3ce0d9a277964e99115..c081657be774a70b453f493be11fbfb670452e86 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing
 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
 the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
-dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
-characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
+dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric
+characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.  Some
+variables may appear multiple times.
 
 Syntax
 ~~~~~~
@@ -54,9 +55,10 @@ All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
 'name = value'.  If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
 is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
-The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
-characters and `-` are allowed.  There can be more than one value
-for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued.
+The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
+and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.  There can be more
+than one value for a given variable; we say then that the variable is
+multivalued.
 
 Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
 Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.
@@ -84,6 +86,17 @@ customary UNIX fashion.
 
 Some variables may require a special value format.
 
+Includes
+~~~~~~~~
+
+You can include one config file from another by setting the special
+`include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The
+included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
+found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
+`include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
+relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
+found. See below for examples.
+
 Example
 ~~~~~~~
 
@@ -106,6 +119,10 @@ Example
                gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
                gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
 
+       [include]
+               path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
+               path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
+
 Variables
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -1123,6 +1140,17 @@ grep.lineNumber::
 grep.extendedRegexp::
        If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
 
+gpg.program::
+       Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when
+       making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
+       same command line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
+       signature, "gpg --verify $file - <$signature" is run, and the
+       program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
+       code 0, and to generate an ascii-armored detached signature, the
+       standard input of "gpg -bsau $key" is fed with the contents to be
+       signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
+       standard output.
+
 gui.commitmsgwidth::
        Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
        linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
@@ -1247,9 +1275,10 @@ help.autocorrect::
        This is the default.
 
 http.proxy::
-       Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy'
-       environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]).  This can be overridden
-       on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
+       Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
+       'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see
+       `curl(1)`).  This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see
+       remote.<name>.proxy
 
 http.cookiefile::
        File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used
@@ -1772,10 +1801,11 @@ rerere.autoupdate::
 
 rerere.enabled::
        Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
-       conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
-       be encountered again.  linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by
-       default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
-       `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
+       conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
+       encountered again.  By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
+       enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
+       `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
+       repository.
 
 sendemail.identity::
        A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the