Allow passing of configuration parameters in the command line

[git.git] / Documentation / git.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index b4c2bcc45b36c0d6949910a125f7a2e0a83772d7..755fa4d472f79fbc1c07e76ee73bbf013cb2cb4a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path]
     [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects]
     [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE]
+    [-c name=value]
     [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -43,6 +44,13 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
+* link:v1.7.0.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.2]
+
+* release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.0.2.txt[1.7.0.2],
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt[1.7.0.1],
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.0.txt[1.7.0].
+
 * link:v1.6.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.2]
 
 * release notes for
@@ -212,6 +220,12 @@ displayed. See linkgit:git-help[1] for more information,
 because `git --help ...` is converted internally into `git
 help ...`.
 
+-c <name>=<value>::
+       Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The value
+       given will override values from configuration files.
+       The <name> is expected in the same format as listed by
+       'git config' (subkeys separated by dots).
+
 --exec-path::
        Path to wherever your core git programs are installed.
        This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_EXEC_PATH
@@ -224,7 +238,10 @@ help ...`.
 
 -p::
 --paginate::
-       Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER).
+       Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER) if standard
+       output is a terminal.  This overrides the `pager.<cmd>`
+       configuration options (see the "Configuration Mechanism" section
+       below).
 
 --no-pager::
        Do not pipe git output into a pager.
@@ -396,7 +413,8 @@ people.  Here is an example:
 ------------
 
 Various commands read from the configuration file and adjust
-their operation accordingly.
+their operation accordingly.  See linkgit:git-config[1] for a
+list.
 
 
 Identifier Terminology
@@ -576,8 +594,8 @@ other
        linkgit:git-config[1].
 
 'GIT_SSH'::
-       If this environment variable is set then 'git-fetch'
-       and 'git-push' will use this command instead
+       If this environment variable is set then 'git fetch'
+       and 'git push' will use this command instead
        of 'ssh' when they need to connect to a remote system.
        The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two arguments:
        the 'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the
@@ -593,8 +611,8 @@ for further details.
 
 'GIT_FLUSH'::
        If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such
-       as 'git-blame' (in incremental mode), 'git-rev-list', 'git-log',
-       and 'git-whatchanged' will force a flush of the output stream
+       as 'git blame' (in incremental mode), 'git rev-list', 'git log',
+       and 'git whatchanged' will force a flush of the output stream
        after each commit-oriented record have been flushed.   If this
        variable is set to "0", the output of these commands will be done
        using completely buffered I/O.   If this environment variable is