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@@ -295,6 +295,20 @@ core.pager::
The command that git will use to paginate output. Can be overridden
with the `GIT_PAGER` environment variable.
+core.whitespace::
+ A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
+ notice. `git diff` will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
+ highlight them, and `git apply --whitespace=error` will
+ consider them as errors:
++
+* `trailing-space` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
+ as an error (enabled by default).
+* `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
+ before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
+ error (enabled by default).
+* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
+ space characters that can be replaced with tab characters.
+
alias.*::
Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
@@ -387,8 +401,8 @@ color.diff.<slot>::
which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
(hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines),
- `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting dubious
- whitespace). The values of these variables may be specified as
+ `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting
+ whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as
in color.branch.<slot>.
color.interactive::