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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index e208af1..e455fae 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ boolean:: false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`, `false`, or `0`. + -When converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type +When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" (spelled in lowercase). @@ -150,27 +150,34 @@ integer:: 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc. color:: - The value for a variables that takes a color is a list of - colors (at most two) and attributes (at most one), separated - by spaces. The colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, - `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and - `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink` and - `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the - second is the background. The position of the attribute, if - any, doesn't matter. Attributes may be turned off specifically - by prefixing them with `no` (e.g., `noreverse`, `noul`, etc). -+ -Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between -0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all -terminals may support this). If your terminal supports it, you may also -specify 24-bit RGB values as hex, like `#ff0ab3`. -+ -The attributes are meant to be reset at the beginning of each item -in the colored output, so setting color.decorate.branch to `black` -will paint that branch name in a plain `black`, even if the previous -thing on the same output line (e.g. opening parenthesis before the -list of branch names in `log --decorate` output) is set to be -painted with `bold` or some other attribute. + The value for a variable that takes a color is a list of + colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background) + and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces. ++ +The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, +`blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the +foreground; the second is the background. ++ +Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI +256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If +your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as +hex, like `#ff0ab3`. ++ +The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, +`italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters). +The position of any attributes with respect to the colors +(before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may +be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`, +`no-ul`, etc). ++ +For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset +at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting +`color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a +plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g. +opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate` +output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute. +However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered +coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there. pathname:: A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a @@ -443,6 +450,13 @@ specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern. This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains. +core.sshCommand:: + If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will + use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to + connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as + the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden + when the environment variable is set. + core.ignoreStat:: If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files @@ -481,7 +495,7 @@ core.worktree:: If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree. This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment - variable and the '--work-tree' command-line option. + variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option. The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered. @@ -779,7 +793,7 @@ core.abbrev:: add.ignoreErrors:: add.ignore-errors (deprecated):: Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be - added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors' + added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors` option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated, as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration variables. @@ -805,9 +819,9 @@ from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. 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 + with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden - by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line. + by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line. See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]. am.threeWay:: @@ -820,7 +834,7 @@ am.threeWay:: apply.ignoreWhitespace:: When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in - whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change' + whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change` option. When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to respect all whitespace differences. @@ -828,7 +842,7 @@ apply.ignoreWhitespace:: apply.whitespace:: Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way - as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. + as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. branch.autoSetupMerge:: Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches @@ -930,7 +944,7 @@ browser.<tool>.cmd:: browser.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool that may be used to - browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a + browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]). clean.requireForce:: @@ -1229,6 +1243,11 @@ fetch.prune:: If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`. +fetch.output:: + Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are + `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section + OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail. + format.attach:: Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string @@ -1429,9 +1448,9 @@ gitcvs.logFile:: gitcvs.usecrlfattr:: If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion - attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If + attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If the attributes force Git to treat a file as text, - the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will + the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow @@ -1501,16 +1520,16 @@ gitweb.snapshot:: See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description. grep.lineNumber:: - If set to true, enable '-n' option by default. + If set to true, enable `-n` option by default. grep.patternType:: Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended', - 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp', - '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the + 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`, + `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior. grep.extendedRegexp:: - If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This + If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value other than 'default'. @@ -1967,7 +1986,7 @@ log.decorate:: specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref - names are shown. This is the same as the '--decorate' option + names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option of the `git log`. log.follow:: @@ -2350,16 +2369,16 @@ new default). -- push.followTags:: - If set to true enable '--follow-tags' option by default. You + If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You may override this configuration at time of push by specifying - '--no-follow-tags'. + `--no-follow-tags`. push.gpgSign:: May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true - value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if '--signed' is + value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if - '--signed=if-asked' is passed to 'git push'. A false value may + `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit command-line flag always overrides this config option. @@ -2382,7 +2401,7 @@ rebase.stat:: rebase. False by default. rebase.autoSquash:: - If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default. + If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default. rebase.autoStash:: When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash |