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@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ advice.*::
Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
your information is guessed from the system username and
domain name. Default: true.
+
+ detachedHead::
+ Advice shown when you used linkgit::git-checkout[1] to
+ move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
+ a local branch after the fact. Default: true.
--
core.fileMode::
@@ -193,11 +198,11 @@ core.quotepath::
core.autocrlf::
If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to
- `LF` when reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when
- writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to
+ `LF` when reading from the work tree, and convert in reverse when
+ writing to the work tree. The variable can be set to
'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
- reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
- `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered
+ reading from the work tree but files are written out to the work
+ tree with `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered
"text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on
the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified,
based on the file's contents. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
@@ -476,6 +481,8 @@ core.whitespace::
error (enabled by default).
* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
+* `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
+ the line as an error (not enabled by default).
* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
(enabled by default).
* `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
@@ -514,10 +521,12 @@ check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
core.notesRef::
When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named
- after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.
+ after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate. The ref
+ must be fully qualified.
+
If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
-appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line. If the
+appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes (<refname>):"
+line (shortened to "Notes:" in the case of "refs/notes/commits"). If the
given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
notes should be printed.
+
@@ -550,6 +559,13 @@ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
not necessarily be the current directory.
+am.keepcr::
+ If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
+ with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
+ not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overrriden
+ by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
+ See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
+
apply.ignorewhitespace::
When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
@@ -678,11 +694,29 @@ color.grep::
`never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
-color.grep.match::
- Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable
- may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using
- the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when
- calling an external 'grep'.
+color.grep.<slot>::
+ Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
+ part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
++
+--
+`context`;;
+ non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
+`filename`;;
+ filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
+`function`;;
+ function name lines (when using `-p`)
+`linenumber`;;
+ line number prefix (when using `-n`)
+`match`;;
+ matching text
+`selected`;;
+ non-matching text in selected lines
+`separator`;;
+ separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
+ and between hunks (`--`)
+--
++
+The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
color.interactive::
When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
@@ -882,7 +916,7 @@ format.signoff::
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
- to 10.
+ to 250.
gc.auto::
When there are approximately more than this many loose
@@ -1200,6 +1234,10 @@ imap::
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
+init.templatedir::
+ Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
+ (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
+
instaweb.browser::
Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
@@ -1232,6 +1270,13 @@ log.date::
following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
See linkgit:git-log[1].
+log.decorate::
+ Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
+ command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
+ 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
+ specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
+ This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
+
log.showroot::
If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
@@ -1300,6 +1345,53 @@ mergetool.keepTemporaries::
mergetool.prompt::
Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
+notes.displayRef::
+ The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
+ showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
+ to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
+ shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
+ several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
+ exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
+ ignored.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
+environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
+globs.
++
+The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
+GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
+displayed.
+
+notes.rewrite.<command>::
+ When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
+ `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, git
+ automatically copies your notes from the original to the
+ rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
+ "notes.rewriteRef" below.
+
+notes.rewriteMode::
+ When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
+ "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
+ the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
+ `overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`. Defaults to
+ `concatenate`.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
+environment variable.
+
+notes.rewriteRef::
+ When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
+ qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
+ glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
+ You may also specify this configuration several times.
++
+Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
+enable note rewriting.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
+environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
+globs.
+
pack.window::
The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
@@ -1439,7 +1531,7 @@ receive.denyCurrentBranch::
out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
- message. Defaults to "warn".
+ message. Defaults to "refuse".
receive.denyNonFastForwards::
If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is