advice.*:: These variables control various optional help messages designed to aid new users. When left unconfigured, Git will give the message alongside instructions on how to squelch it. You can tell Git that you do not need the help message by setting these to `false`: + -- addEmbeddedRepo:: Shown when the user accidentally adds one git repo inside of another. addEmptyPathspec:: Shown when the user runs `git add` without providing the pathspec parameter. addIgnoredFile:: Shown when the user attempts to add an ignored file to the index. amWorkDir:: Shown when linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply a patch file, to tell the user the location of the file. ambiguousFetchRefspec:: Shown when a fetch refspec for multiple remotes maps to the same remote-tracking branch namespace and causes branch tracking set-up to fail. checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName:: Shown when the argument to linkgit:git-checkout[1] and linkgit:git-switch[1] ambiguously resolves to a remote tracking branch on more than one remote in situations where an unambiguous argument would have otherwise caused a remote-tracking branch to be checked out. See the `checkout.defaultRemote` configuration variable for how to set a given remote to be used by default in some situations where this advice would be printed. commitBeforeMerge:: Shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to merge to avoid overwriting local changes. detachedHead:: Shown when the user uses linkgit:git-switch[1] or linkgit:git-checkout[1] to move to the detached HEAD state, to tell the user how to create a local branch after the fact. diverging:: Shown when a fast-forward is not possible. fetchShowForcedUpdates:: Shown when linkgit:git-fetch[1] takes a long time to calculate forced updates after ref updates, or to warn that the check is disabled. forceDeleteBranch:: Shown when the user tries to delete a not fully merged branch without the force option set. ignoredHook:: Shown when a hook is ignored because the hook is not set as executable. implicitIdentity:: Shown when the user's information is guessed from the system username and domain name, to tell the user how to set their identity configuration. mergeConflict:: Shown when various commands stop because of conflicts. nestedTag:: Shown when a user attempts to recursively tag a tag object. pushAlreadyExists:: Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.) pushFetchFirst:: Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an object we do not have. pushNeedsForce:: Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish. pushNonFFCurrent:: Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a non-fast-forward update to the current branch. pushNonFFMatching:: Shown when the user ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed "matching refs" explicitly (i.e. used `:`, or specified a refspec that isn't the current branch) and it resulted in a non-fast-forward error. pushRefNeedsUpdate:: Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects a forced update of a branch when its remote-tracking ref has updates that we do not have locally. pushUnqualifiedRefname:: Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] gives up trying to guess based on the source and destination refs what remote ref namespace the source belongs in, but where we can still suggest that the user push to either `refs/heads/*` or `refs/tags/*` based on the type of the source object. pushUpdateRejected:: Set this variable to `false` if you want to disable `pushNonFFCurrent`, `pushNonFFMatching`, `pushAlreadyExists`, `pushFetchFirst`, `pushNeedsForce`, and `pushRefNeedsUpdate` simultaneously. refSyntax:: Shown when the user provides an illegal ref name, to tell the user about the ref syntax documentation. resetNoRefresh:: Shown when linkgit:git-reset[1] takes more than 2 seconds to refresh the index after reset, to tell the user that they can use the `--no-refresh` option. resolveConflict:: Shown by various commands when conflicts prevent the operation from being performed. rmHints:: Shown on failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1], to give directions on how to proceed from the current state. sequencerInUse:: Shown when a sequencer command is already in progress. skippedCherryPicks:: Shown when linkgit:git-rebase[1] skips a commit that has already been cherry-picked onto the upstream branch. statusAheadBehind:: Shown when linkgit:git-status[1] computes the ahead/behind counts for a local ref compared to its remote tracking ref, and that calculation takes longer than expected. Will not appear if `status.aheadBehind` is false or the option `--no-ahead-behind` is given. statusHints:: Show directions on how to proceed from the current state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in the template shown when writing commit messages in linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown by linkgit:git-switch[1] or linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branches. statusUoption:: Shown when linkgit:git-status[1] takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked files, to tell the user that they can use the `-u` option. submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie:: Shown when a submodule.alternateErrorStrategy option configured to "die" causes a fatal error. submoduleMergeConflict:: Advice shown when a non-trivial submodule merge conflict is encountered. submodulesNotUpdated:: Shown when a user runs a submodule command that fails because `git submodule update --init` was not run. suggestDetachingHead:: Shown when linkgit:git-switch[1] refuses to detach HEAD without the explicit `--detach` option. updateSparsePath:: Shown when either linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-rm[1] is asked to update index entries outside the current sparse checkout. waitingForEditor:: Shown when Git is waiting for editor input. Relevant when e.g. the editor is not launched inside the terminal. worktreeAddOrphan:: Shown when the user tries to create a worktree from an invalid reference, to tell the user how to create a new unborn branch instead. --