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@@ -953,7 +953,8 @@ color.branch::
A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
`false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
- only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
+ only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
+ value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
color.branch.<slot>::
Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
@@ -968,7 +969,8 @@ color.diff::
linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
- Defaults to false.
+ If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by
+ default).
+
This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
@@ -991,7 +993,8 @@ color.decorate.<slot>::
color.grep::
When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
`never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
- when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
+ when the output is written to the terminal. If unset, then the
+ value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
color.grep.<slot>::
Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
@@ -1024,7 +1027,8 @@ color.interactive::
and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
"git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
- to the terminal. Defaults to false.
+ to the terminal. If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is
+ used (`auto` by default).
color.interactive.<slot>::
Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
@@ -1040,13 +1044,15 @@ color.showBranch::
A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
`false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
- only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
+ only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
+ value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
color.status::
A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
`false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
- only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
+ only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
+ value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
color.status.<slot>::
Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
@@ -1253,6 +1259,16 @@ format.attach::
value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+format.from::
+ Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch.
+ Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false,
+ format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in
+ the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to
+ `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch
+ mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if
+ different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that
+ value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false.
+
format.numbered::
A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
@@ -1356,7 +1372,7 @@ fsck.skipList::
gc.aggressiveDepth::
The depth parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
- to 250.
+ to 50.
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
@@ -1720,6 +1736,20 @@ http.emptyAuth::
a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for
authentication.
+http.delegation::
+ Control GSSAPI credential delegation. The delegation is disabled
+ by default in libcurl since version 7.21.7. Set parameter to tell
+ the server what it is allowed to delegate when it comes to user
+ credentials. Used with GSS/kerberos. Possible values are:
++
+--
+* `none` - Don't allow any delegation.
+* `policy` - Delegates if and only if the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag is set in the
+ Kerberos service ticket, which is a matter of realm policy.
+* `always` - Unconditionally allow the server to delegate.
+--
+
+
http.extraHeader::
Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If
more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra
@@ -2427,8 +2457,13 @@ rebase.instructionFormat
receive.advertiseAtomic::
By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
- capability to its clients. If you don't want to this capability
- to be advertised, set this variable to false.
+ capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
+ capability, set this variable to false.
+
+receive.advertisePushOptions::
+ By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
+ capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
+ capability, set this variable to false.
receive.autogc::
By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
@@ -2483,6 +2518,15 @@ receive.fsck.skipList::
can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
+receive.keepAlive::
+ After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
+ produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing
+ the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.
+ With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit
+ any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will
+ send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set
+ to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.
+
receive.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects received in a push is below this
limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
@@ -2493,6 +2537,12 @@ receive.unpackLimit::
especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
`transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
+receive.maxInputSize::
+ If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this
+ limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of
+ accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size
+ is unlimited.
+
receive.denyDeletes::
If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
@@ -2775,12 +2825,13 @@ stash.showStat::
option will show diffstat of the stash. Defaults to true.
See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
-submodule.<name>.path::
submodule.<name>.url::
- The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These
- variables are initially populated by 'git submodule init'. See
- linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for
- details.
+ The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules
+ file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change
+ the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule
+ update'. After obtaining the submodule, the presence of this variable
+ is used as a sign whether the submodule is of interest to git commands.
+ See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
submodule.<name>.update::
The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable
@@ -2823,6 +2874,18 @@ submodule.fetchJobs::
in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
If unset, it defaults to 1.
+submodule.alternateLocation::
+ Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are
+ cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`.
+ By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the
+ value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes
+ its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.
+
+submodule.alternateErrorStrategy
+ Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
+ as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
+ `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
+
tag.forceSignAnnotated::
A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.
If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes