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diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.adoc b/Documentation/config/branch.adoc index 432b9cd2c0..e35ea7ac64 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/branch.adoc +++ b/Documentation/config/branch.adoc @@ -1,41 +1,42 @@ -branch.autoSetupMerge:: - Tells 'git branch', 'git switch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches +`branch.autoSetupMerge`:: + Tells `git branch`, `git switch` and `git checkout` to set up new branches so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set, this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` - and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no - automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the - starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` -- - automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a - local branch or remote-tracking branch; `inherit` -- if the starting point - has a tracking configuration, it is copied to the new - branch; `simple` -- automatic setup is done only when the starting point + and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to `true`. The valid settings + are: +`false`;; no automatic setup is done +`true`;; automatic setup is done when the starting point is a remote-tracking branch +`always`;; automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a + local branch or remote-tracking branch +`inherit`;; if the starting point has a tracking configuration, it is copied to the new + branch +`simple`;; automatic setup is done only when the starting point is a remote-tracking branch and the new branch has the same name as the - remote branch. This option defaults to true. + remote branch. -branch.autoSetupRebase:: - When a new branch is created with 'git branch', 'git switch' or 'git checkout' +`branch.autoSetupRebase`:: + When a new branch is created with `git branch`, `git switch` or `git checkout` that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set - up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase"). - When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true. - When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of - other local branches. - When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of - remote-tracking branches. - When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking - branches. - See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a - branch to track another branch. - This option defaults to never. + up pull to rebase instead of merge (see `branch.<name>.rebase`). + The valid settings are: +`never`;; rebase is never automatically set to true. +`local`;; rebase is set to true for tracked branches of other local branches. +`remote`;; rebase is set to true for tracked branches of remote-tracking branches. +`always`;; rebase will be set to true for all tracking branches. -branch.sort:: ++ +See `branch.autoSetupMerge` for details on how to set up a branch to track another branch. +This option defaults to `never`. + +`branch.sort`:: This variable controls the sort ordering of branches when displayed by - linkgit:git-branch[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the + linkgit:git-branch[1]. Without the `--sort=<value>` option provided, the value of this variable will be used as the default. See linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1] field names for valid values. -branch.<name>.remote:: - When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' +`branch.<name>.remote`:: + When on branch _<name>_, it tells `git fetch` and `git push` which remote to fetch from or push to. The remote to push to may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches). The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further @@ -46,58 +47,58 @@ branch.<name>.remote:: Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below. -branch.<name>.pushRemote:: - When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for +`branch.<name>.pushRemote`:: + When on branch _<name>_, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing - from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your + from branch _<name>_. When you pull from one place (e.g. your upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this option to override it for a specific branch. -branch.<name>.merge:: - Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch - for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which - branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default). - When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default - refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is +`branch.<name>.merge`:: + Defines, together with `branch.<name>.remote`, the upstream branch + for the given branch. It tells `git fetch`/`git pull`/`git rebase` which + branch to merge and can also affect `git push` (see `push.default`). + When in branch _<name>_, it tells `git fetch` the default + refspec to be marked for merging in `FETCH_HEAD`. The value is handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a ref which is fetched from the remote given by - "branch.<name>.remote". - The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which first calls - 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without - this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched. + `branch.<name>.remote`. + The merge information is used by `git pull` (which first calls + `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without + this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched. Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge. - If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from + If you wish to setup `git pull` so that it merges into <name> from another branch in the local repository, you can point branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path - setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote. + setting `.` (a period) for `branch.<name>.remote`. -branch.<name>.mergeOptions:: - Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and +`branch.<name>.mergeOptions`:: + Sets default options for merging into branch _<name>_. The syntax and supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but option values containing whitespace characters are currently not supported. -branch.<name>.rebase:: - When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch, +`branch.<name>.rebase`:: + When true, rebase the branch _<name>_ on top of the fetched branch, instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when - "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non + `git pull` is run. See `pull.rebase` for doing this in a non branch-specific manner. + -When `merges` (or just 'm'), pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase' +When `merges` (or just `m`), pass the `--rebase-merges` option to `git rebase` so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details). + -When the value is `interactive` (or just 'i'), the rebase is run in interactive +When the value is `interactive` (or just `i`), the rebase is run in interactive mode. + *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details). -branch.<name>.description:: +`branch.<name>.description`:: Branch description, can be edited with `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is - automatically added to the format-patch cover letter or - request-pull summary. + automatically added to the `format-patch` cover letter or + `request-pull` summary. |