Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0f631712b12ccf1bd95f8d7b04405335705c7d27..54597f18979fb376e2f1d9ea29f5ac247e9df230 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -374,6 +374,15 @@ core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
        If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
        and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
 
+core.abbrevguard::
+       Even though git makes sure that it uses enough hexdigits to show
+       an abbreviated object name unambiguously, as more objects are
+       added to the repository over time, a short name that used to be
+       unique will stop being unique.  Git uses this many extra hexdigits
+       that are more than necessary to make the object name currently
+       unique, in the hope that its output will stay unique a bit longer.
+       Defaults to 0.
+
 core.compression::
        An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
        -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
@@ -459,6 +468,12 @@ core.askpass::
        prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
        command line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
 
+core.attributesfile::
+       In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
+       '.git/info/attributes', git looks into this file for attributes
+       (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
+       way as for `core.excludesfile`.
+
 core.editor::
        Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
        messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
@@ -507,6 +522,9 @@ core.whitespace::
   part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
   does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
   is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
+* `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
+  is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when git fixes `tab-in-indent`
+  errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
 
 core.fsyncobjectfiles::
        This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
@@ -548,9 +566,13 @@ core.sparseCheckout::
        linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
 
 add.ignore-errors::
+add.ignoreErrors::
        Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
        added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
-       option of linkgit:git-add[1].
+       option of linkgit:git-add[1].  Older versions of git accept only
+       `add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming
+       convention for configuration variables.  Newer versions of git
+       honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well.
 
 alias.*::
        Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
@@ -595,8 +617,9 @@ branch.autosetupmerge::
        this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
        and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
        automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
-       starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
-       done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
+       starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
+       automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
+       local branch or remote-tracking
        branch. This option defaults to true.
 
 branch.autosetuprebase::
@@ -607,7 +630,7 @@ branch.autosetuprebase::
        When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
        other local branches.
        When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
-       remote branches.
+       remote-tracking branches.
        When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
        branches.
        See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
@@ -674,7 +697,7 @@ color.branch::
 color.branch.<slot>::
        Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
        `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
-       `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
+       `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
        refs).
 +
 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
@@ -702,7 +725,7 @@ color.diff.<slot>::
 color.decorate.<slot>::
        Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output.  `<slot>` is one
        of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
-       branches, remote tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
+       branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
 
 color.grep::
        When set to `always`, always highlight matches.  When `false` (or
@@ -767,7 +790,8 @@ color.status.<slot>::
        one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
        `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
        `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
-       `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git), or
+       `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git),
+       `branch` (the current branch), or
        `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
        to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
        color.branch.<slot>.
@@ -873,6 +897,11 @@ diff.wordRegex::
        sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
        characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
 
+fetch.recurseSubmodules::
+       A boolean value which changes the behavior for fetch and pull, the
+       default is to not recursively fetch populated sumodules unless
+       configured otherwise.
+
 fetch.unpackLimit::
        If the number of objects fetched over the git native
        transfer is below this
@@ -967,7 +996,7 @@ gc.packrefs::
        Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
        unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
        transports such as HTTP.  This variable determines whether
-       'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `nobare`
+       'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
        to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
        boolean value.  The default is `true`.
 
@@ -1096,7 +1125,7 @@ gui.newbranchtemplate::
        linkgit:git-gui[1].
 
 gui.pruneduringfetch::
-       "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
+       "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
        performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
 
 gui.trustmtime::
@@ -1466,6 +1495,10 @@ 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
@@ -1729,6 +1762,7 @@ sendemail.to::
 sendemail.smtpdomain::
 sendemail.smtpserver::
 sendemail.smtpserverport::
+sendemail.smtpserveroption::
 sendemail.smtpuser::
 sendemail.thread::
 sendemail.validate::
@@ -1782,6 +1816,13 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
        URL and other values found in the `.gitmodules` file.  See
        linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
 
+submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
+       This option can be used to enable/disable recursive fetching of this
+       submodule. It can be overriden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
+       command line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
+       This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
+       file.
+
 submodule.<name>.ignore::
        Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
        a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered