summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/config.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt44
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 531649c..64bdce8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2111,12 +2111,31 @@ ssh.variant::
Depending on the value of the environment variables `GIT_SSH` or
`GIT_SSH_COMMAND`, or the config setting `core.sshCommand`, Git
auto-detects whether to adjust its command-line parameters for use
- with plink or tortoiseplink, as opposed to the default (OpenSSH).
+ with ssh (OpenSSH), plink or tortoiseplink, as opposed to the default
+ (simple).
+
The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this auto-detection;
-valid values are `ssh`, `plink`, `putty` or `tortoiseplink`. Any other value
-will be treated as normal ssh. This setting can be overridden via the
-environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`.
+valid values are `ssh`, `simple`, `plink`, `putty` or `tortoiseplink`. Any
+other value will be treated as normal ssh. This setting can be overridden via
+the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`.
++
+The current command-line parameters used for each variant are as
+follows:
++
+--
+
+* `ssh` - [-p port] [-4] [-6] [-o option] [username@]host command
+
+* `simple` - [username@]host command
+
+* `plink` or `putty` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] [username@]host command
+
+* `tortoiseplink` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] -batch [username@]host command
+
+--
++
+Except for the `simple` variant, command-line parameters are likely to
+change as git gains new features.
i18n.commitEncoding::
Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
@@ -2544,6 +2563,23 @@ The protocol names currently used by git are:
`hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)
--
+protocol.version::
+ Experimental. If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a
+ server using the specified protocol version. If unset, no
+ attempt will be made by the client to communicate using a
+ particular protocol version, this results in protocol version 0
+ being used.
+ Supported versions:
++
+--
+
+* `0` - the original wire protocol.
+
+* `1` - the original wire protocol with the addition of a version string
+ in the initial response from the server.
+
+--
+
pull.ff::
By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the