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@@ -442,8 +442,6 @@ for most projects as source code and other text files can still
be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
+
Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
-+
-Currently only linkgit:git-fast-import[1] honors this setting.
core.excludesfile::
In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
@@ -708,9 +706,16 @@ second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
doesn't matter.
color.diff::
- When set to `always`, always use colors in patch.
- When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
- colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
+ Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
+ If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
+ 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.
++
+This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] nor the
+'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
+command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
color.diff.<slot>::
Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
@@ -796,11 +801,15 @@ color.status.<slot>::
color.branch.<slot>.
color.ui::
- When set to `always`, always use colors in all git commands which
- are capable of colored output. When false (or `never`), never. When
- set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is to the
- terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
- take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
+ This variable determines the default value for variables such
+ as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
+ per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
+ configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
+ to `always` if you want all output not intended for machine
+ consumption to use color, to `true` or `auto` if you want such
+ output to use color when written to the terminal, or to `false` or
+ `never` if you prefer git commands not to use color unless enabled
+ explicitly with some other configuration or the `--color` option.
commit.status::
A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
@@ -836,9 +845,13 @@ diff.wordRegex::
characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
fetch.recurseSubmodules::
- A boolean value which changes the behavior for fetch and pull, the
- default is to not recursively fetch populated submodules unless
- configured otherwise.
+ This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
+ Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
+ unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
+ recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
+ value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
+ when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
+ reference.
fetch.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects fetched over the git native
@@ -1047,6 +1060,12 @@ All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
access method.
+grep.lineNumber::
+ If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
+
+grep.extendedRegexp::
+ If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
+
gui.commitmsgwidth::
Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
@@ -1766,7 +1785,7 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
- This option can be used to enable/disable recursive fetching of this
+ This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
command line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]