Merge branch 'mp/push-pushoption-config'

The "--push-option=<string>" option to "git push" now defaults to a
list of strings configured via push.pushOption variable.

* mp/push-pushoption-config:
  builtin/push.c: add push.pushOption config

2 files changed, 37 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 5642def..5f0d627 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2624,6 +2624,35 @@ push.gpgSign::
 	override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
 	command-line flag always overrides this config option.
 
+push.pushOption::
+	When no `--push-option=<option>` argument is given from the
+	command line, `git push` behaves as if each <value> of
+	this variable is given as `--push-option=<value>`.
++
+This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a
+higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a
+repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority
+configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).
++
+--
+
+Example:
+
+/etc/gitconfig
+  push.pushoption = a
+  push.pushoption = b
+
+~/.gitconfig
+  push.pushoption = c
+
+repo/.git/config
+  push.pushoption =
+  push.pushoption = b
+
+This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).
+
+--
+
 push.recurseSubmodules::
 	Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
 	are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 3e76e99..5b08302 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -156,11 +156,17 @@ already exists on the remote side.
 	Either all refs are updated, or on error, no refs are updated.
 	If the server does not support atomic pushes the push will fail.
 
--o::
---push-option::
+-o <option>::
+--push-option=<option>::
 	Transmit the given string to the server, which passes them to
 	the pre-receive as well as the post-receive hook. The given string
 	must not contain a NUL or LF character.
+	When multiple `--push-option=<option>` are given, they are
+	all sent to the other side in the order listed on the
+	command line.
+	When no `--push-option=<option>` is given from the command
+	line, the values of configuration variable `push.pushOption`
+	are used instead.
 
 --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>::
 --exec=<git-receive-pack>::