Revert "Documentation: always respect core.worktree if set"

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index d82c0da2cf470dbfe7936762d4645b7509647177..d85563d7644cf1acba633aa4fcb2544004f1d47d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -317,24 +317,17 @@ false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
 = true).
 
 core.worktree::
-       Set the path to the root of the work tree.
+       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 overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
        variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. It can be
-       an absolute path or a relative path to the .git directory,
-       either specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR, or automatically
-       discovered.
-       If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
+       an absolute path or relative path to the directory specified by
+       --git-dir or GIT_DIR.
+       Note: If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
        --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
-       the current working directory is regarded as the root of the
-       work tree.
-+
-Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
-file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory, and its value differs
-from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
-core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
-misconfiguration.  Running git commands in "/path/to" directory will
-still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
-great confusion to the users.
+       the current working directory is regarded as the top directory
+       of your working tree.
 
 core.logAllRefUpdates::
        Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
@@ -459,6 +452,12 @@ 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
@@ -1466,6 +1465,10 @@ 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
@@ -1550,12 +1553,12 @@ push.default::
        no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
        line. Possible values are:
 +
-* `nothing` do not push anything.
-* `matching` push all matching branches.
+* `nothing` - do not push anything.
+* `matching` - push all matching branches.
   All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
   matching. This is the default.
-* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
-* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
+* `tracking` - push the current branch to its upstream branch.
+* `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
 
 rebase.stat::
        Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
@@ -1727,6 +1730,7 @@ sendemail.to::
 sendemail.smtpdomain::
 sendemail.smtpserver::
 sendemail.smtpserverport::
+sendemail.smtpserveroption::
 sendemail.smtpuser::
 sendemail.thread::
 sendemail.validate::
@@ -1755,9 +1759,9 @@ status.showUntrackedFiles::
        the untracked files. Possible values are:
 +
 --
-       - 'no'     - Show no untracked files
-       - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
-       - 'all'    - Shows also individual files in untracked directories.
+* `no` - Show no untracked files.
+* `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
+* `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
 --
 +
 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.