Merge branch 'maint' to sync with 1.5.2.5

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 4b67f0adf721d540ddd437254de4aa069f1be0ae..de9e72b562eec6310af23cb4e5ef237268e8df2a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Example
 
        # Proxy settings
        [core]
-               gitProxy="ssh" for "ssh://kernel.org/"
+               gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
                gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
 
 Variables
@@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ core.excludesfile::
        of files which are not meant to be tracked.  See
        gitlink:gitignore[5].
 
+core.editor::
+       Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
+       messages by lauching an editor uses the value of this
+       variable when it is set, and the environment variable
+       `GIT_EDITOR` is not set.  The order of preference is
+       `GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and
+       `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
+
 core.pager::
        The command that git will use to paginate output.  Can be overridden
        with the `GIT_PAGER` environment variable.
@@ -385,6 +393,9 @@ color.status.<slot>::
        or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
        these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
 
+commit.template::
+       Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
+
 diff.renameLimit::
        The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
        detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
@@ -567,6 +578,7 @@ 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.
 
 merge.<driver>.name::
        Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level
@@ -589,6 +601,12 @@ pack.depth::
        The maximum delta depth used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
        maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
 
+pack.windowMemory::
+       The window memory size limit used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
+       when no limit is given on the command line.  The value can be
+       suffixed with "k", "m", or "g".  Defaults to 0, meaning no
+       limit.
+
 pack.compression::
        An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
        in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no