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--- a/Documentation/config.txt
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Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
used in combination with repositories found automatically in
a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
- This can be overriden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
+ This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
variable and the '--work-tree' command line option.
core.logAllRefUpdates::
hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
-
- If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
- it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
- "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
- "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
- "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD".
++
+If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
+it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
+"alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
+"git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
+"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD".
apply.whitespace::
Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
`.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
+branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
+ Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
+ supported options are equal to that of gitlink:git-merge[1], but
+ option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
+ supported.
+
clean.requireForce::
A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f or -n. Defaults
to false.
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
to 10.
+gc.auto::
+ When there are approximately more than this many loose
+ objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
+ Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
+ light-weight garbage collection from time to time. Setting
+ this to 0 disables it.
+
+gc.autopacklimit::
+ When there are more than this many packs that are not
+ marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
+ --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. Setting
+ this to 0 disables this.
+
gc.packrefs::
`git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
merge.tool::
Controls which merge resolution program is used by
- gitlink:git-mergetool[l]. Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
+ gitlink:git-mergetool[1]. Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
"meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and "opendiff".
merge.verbosity::
message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and
above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2.
- Can be overriden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+ Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
merge.<driver>.name::
Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level
A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0.
pack.deltaCacheLimit::
- The maxium size of a delta, that is cached in
+ The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000.
+pack.threads::
+ Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
+ delta matches. This requires that gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
+ be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
+ warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
+ machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
+ is however multiplied by the number of threads.
+
pull.octopus::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
at once.