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diff --git a/Documentation/config/add.txt b/Documentation/config/add.txt index e0354ceaed..7497533cbc 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/add.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/add.txt @@ -1,13 +1,12 @@ -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` - option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated, - as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration - variables. - -add.interactive.useBuiltin:: - Unused configuration variable. Used in Git versions v2.25.0 to - v2.36.0 to enable the built-in version of linkgit:git-add[1]'s - interactive mode, which then became the default in Git - versions v2.37.0 to v2.39.0. +`add.ignoreErrors`:: +`add.ignore-errors` (deprecated):: + Tells `git add` to continue adding files when some files cannot be + added due to indexing errors. +ifdef::git-add[] + Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors` option. +endif::git-add[] +ifndef::git-add[] + Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors` option of linkgit:git-add[1]. +endif::git-add[] + `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated, as it does not follow the usual + naming convention for configuration variables. diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt index c548a91e67..257db58918 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt @@ -1,30 +1,71 @@ advice.*:: These variables control various optional help messages designed to - aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you - can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false': + aid new users. When left unconfigured, Git will give the message + alongside instructions on how to squelch it. You can tell Git + that you have understood the issue and no longer need a specific + help message by setting the corresponding variable to `false`. ++ +As they are intended to help human users, these messages are output to +the standard error. When tools that run Git as a subprocess find them +disruptive, they can set `GIT_ADVICE=0` in the environment to squelch +all advice messages. + -- + 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:: - Advice shown when fetch refspec for multiple remotes map to + 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:: - Advice shown when linkgit:git-fetch[1] takes a long time + 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. - pushUpdateRejected:: - Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable - 'pushNonFFCurrent', 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists', - 'pushFetchFirst', 'pushNeedsForce', and 'pushRefNeedsUpdate' - simultaneously. - pushNonFFCurrent:: - Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a - non-fast-forward update to the current branch. - pushNonFFMatching:: - Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed - 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or - specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and - it resulted in a non-fast-forward error. + 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.) @@ -37,20 +78,54 @@ advice.*:: 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 + `refs/heads/*` or `refs/tags/*` based on the type of the source object. - 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. + pushUpdateRejected:: + Set this variable to `false` if you want to disable + `pushNonFFCurrent`, `pushNonFFMatching`, `pushAlreadyExists`, + `pushFetchFirst`, `pushNeedsForce`, and `pushRefNeedsUpdate` + simultaneously. + rebaseTodoError:: + Shown when there is an error after editing the rebase todo list. + 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. + sparseIndexExpanded:: + Shown when a sparse index is expanded to a full index, which is likely + due to an unexpected set of files existing outside of the + sparse-checkout. statusAheadBehind:: Shown when linkgit:git-status[1] computes the ahead/behind counts for a local ref compared to its remote tracking ref, @@ -63,83 +138,32 @@ advice.*:: 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 branch. + linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branches. statusUoption:: - Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1] - when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked - files. - commitBeforeMerge:: - Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to - merge to avoid overwriting local changes. - resetNoRefresh:: - Advice to consider using the `--no-refresh` option to - linkgit:git-reset[1] when the command takes more than 2 seconds - to refresh the index after reset. - resolveConflict:: - Advice shown by various commands when conflicts - prevent the operation from being performed. - sequencerInUse:: - Advice shown when a sequencer command is already in progress. - implicitIdentity:: - Advice on how to set your identity configuration when - your information is guessed from the system username and - domain name. - detachedHead:: - Advice shown when you used - linkgit:git-switch[1] or linkgit:git-checkout[1] - to move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to - create a local branch after the fact. - suggestDetachingHead:: - Advice shown when linkgit:git-switch[1] refuses to detach HEAD - without the explicit `--detach` option. - checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName:: - Advice 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 used by default in some situations where this - advice would be printed. - amWorkDir:: - Advice that shows the location of the patch file when - linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it. - rmHints:: - In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1], - show directions on how to proceed from the current state. - addEmbeddedRepo:: - Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one - git repo inside of another. - ignoredHook:: - Advice shown if a hook is ignored because the hook is not - set as executable. - waitingForEditor:: - Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for - editor input from the user. - nestedTag:: - Advice shown if a user attempts to recursively tag a tag object. + 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:: - Advice shown when a submodule.alternateErrorStrategy option + 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:: - Advice shown when a user runs a submodule command that fails + Shown when a user runs a submodule command that fails because `git submodule update --init` was not run. - addIgnoredFile:: - Advice shown if a user attempts to add an ignored file to - the index. - addEmptyPathspec:: - Advice shown if a user runs the add command without providing - the pathspec parameter. + suggestDetachingHead:: + Shown when linkgit:git-switch[1] refuses to detach HEAD + without the explicit `--detach` option. updateSparsePath:: - Advice shown when either linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-rm[1] + Shown when either linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-rm[1] is asked to update index entries outside the current sparse checkout. - diverging:: - Advice shown when a fast-forward is not possible. + waitingForEditor:: + Shown when Git is waiting for editor input. Relevant + when e.g. the editor is not launched inside the terminal. worktreeAddOrphan:: - Advice shown when a user tries to create a worktree from an - invalid reference, to instruct how to create a new orphan + 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. -- diff --git a/Documentation/config/alias.txt b/Documentation/config/alias.txt index f1ca739d57..2c5db0ad84 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/alias.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/alias.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ alias.*:: `git last` is equivalent to `git cat-file commit HEAD`. To avoid confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by - spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported. + spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping are supported. A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them. + Note that the first word of an alias does not necessarily have to be a @@ -21,8 +21,23 @@ If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point, it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining `alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD`, the invocation `git new` is equivalent to running the shell command -`gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD`. Note that shell commands will be -executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may -not necessarily be the current directory. -`GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running `git rev-parse --show-prefix` -from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. +`gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD`. Note: ++ +* Shell commands will be executed from the top-level directory of a + repository, which may not necessarily be the current directory. +* `GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running `git rev-parse --show-prefix` + from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. +* Shell command aliases always receive any extra arguments provided to + the Git command-line as positional arguments. +** Care should be taken if your shell alias is a "one-liner" script + with multiple commands (e.g. in a pipeline), references multiple + arguments, or is otherwise not able to handle positional arguments + added at the end. For example: `alias.cmd = "!echo $1 | grep $2"` + called as `git cmd 1 2` will be executed as 'echo $1 | grep $2 + 1 2', which is not what you want. +** A convenient way to deal with this is to write your script + operations in an inline function that is then called with any + arguments from the command-line. For example `alias.cmd = "!c() { + echo $1 | grep $2 ; }; c" will correctly execute the prior example. +** Setting `GIT_TRACE=1` can help you debug the command being run for + your alias. diff --git a/Documentation/config/apply.txt b/Documentation/config/apply.txt index 8fb8ef763d..f9908e210a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/apply.txt @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ apply.ignoreWhitespace:: When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change` option. - When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to + When set to one of: no, none, never, false, it tells 'git apply' to respect all whitespace differences. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. apply.whitespace:: - Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way + Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespace, in the same way as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/config/attr.txt b/Documentation/config/attr.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c4a5857993 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/attr.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +attr.tree:: + A reference to a tree in the repository from which to read attributes, + instead of the `.gitattributes` file in the working tree. If the value + does not resolve to a valid tree object, an empty tree is used instead. + When the `GIT_ATTR_SOURCE` environment variable or `--attr-source` + command line option are used, this configuration variable has no effect. diff --git a/Documentation/config/bitmap-pseudo-merge.txt b/Documentation/config/bitmap-pseudo-merge.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1f264eca99 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/bitmap-pseudo-merge.txt @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +NOTE: The configuration options in `bitmapPseudoMerge.*` are considered +EXPERIMENTAL and may be subject to change or be removed entirely in the +future. For more information about the pseudo-merge bitmap feature, see +the "Pseudo-merge bitmaps" section of linkgit:gitpacking[7]. + +bitmapPseudoMerge.<name>.pattern:: + Regular expression used to match reference names. Commits + pointed to by references matching this pattern (and meeting + the below criteria, like `bitmapPseudoMerge.<name>.sampleRate` + and `bitmapPseudoMerge.<name>.threshold`) will be considered + for inclusion in a pseudo-merge bitmap. ++ +Commits are grouped into pseudo-merge groups based on whether or not +any reference(s) that point at a given commit match the pattern, which +is an extended regular expression. ++ +Within a pseudo-merge group, commits may be further grouped into +sub-groups based on the capture groups in the pattern. These +sub-groupings are formed from the regular expressions by concatenating +any capture groups from the regular expression, with a '-' dash in +between. ++ +For example, if the pattern is `refs/tags/`, then all tags (provided +they meet the below criteria) will be considered candidates for the +same pseudo-merge group. However, if the pattern is instead +`refs/remotes/([0-9])+/tags/`, then tags from different remotes will +be grouped into separate pseudo-merge groups, based on the remote +number. + +bitmapPseudoMerge.<name>.decay:: + Determines the rate at which consecutive pseudo-merge bitmap + groups decrease in size. Must be non-negative. This parameter + can be thought of as `k` in the function `f(n) = C * n^-k`, + where `f(n)` is the size of the `n`th group. ++ +Setting the decay rate equal to `0` will cause all groups to be the +same size. Setting the decay rate equal to `1` will cause the `n`th +group to be `1/n` the size of the initial group. Higher values of the +decay rate cause consecutive groups to shrink at an increasing rate. +The default is `1`. ++ +If all groups are the same size, it is possible that groups containing +newer commits will be able to be used less often than earlier groups, +since it is more likely that the references pointing at newer commits +will be updated more often than a reference pointing at an old commit. + +bitmapPseudoMerge.<name>.sampleRate:: + Determines the proportion of non-bitmapped commits (among + reference tips) which are selected for inclusion in an + unstable pseudo-merge bitmap. Must be between `0` and `1` + (inclusive). The default is `1`. + +bitmapPseudoMerge.<name>.threshold:: + Determines the minimum age of non-bitmapped commits (among + reference tips, as above) which are candidates for inclusion + in an unstable pseudo-merge bitmap. The default is + `1.week.ago`. + +bitmapPseudoMerge.<name>.maxMerges:: + Determines the maximum number of pseudo-merge commits among + which commits may be distributed. ++ +For pseudo-merge groups whose pattern does not contain any capture +groups, this setting is applied for all commits matching the regular +expression. For patterns that have one or more capture groups, this +setting is applied for each distinct capture group. ++ +For example, if your capture group is `refs/tags/`, then this setting +will distribute all tags into a maximum of `maxMerges` pseudo-merge +commits. However, if your capture group is, say, +`refs/remotes/([0-9]+)/tags/`, then this setting will be applied to +each remote's set of tags individually. ++ +Must be non-negative. The default value is 64. + +bitmapPseudoMerge.<name>.stableThreshold:: + Determines the minimum age of commits (among reference tips, + as above, however stable commits are still considered + candidates even when they have been covered by a bitmap) which + are candidates for a stable a pseudo-merge bitmap. The default + is `1.month.ago`. ++ +Setting this threshold to a smaller value (e.g., 1.week.ago) will cause +more stable groups to be generated (which impose a one-time generation +cost) but those groups will likely become stale over time. Using a +larger value incurs the opposite penalty (fewer stable groups which are +more useful). + +bitmapPseudoMerge.<name>.stableSize:: + Determines the size (in number of commits) of a stable + psuedo-merge bitmap. The default is `512`. diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.txt b/Documentation/config/branch.txt index 445341a906..432b9cd2c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/branch.txt @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ branch.sort:: branch.<name>.remote:: When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' - which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to + 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 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ branch.<name>.merge:: 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 at first calls + 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. @@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ for details). branch.<name>.description:: Branch description, can be edited with `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is - automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or + automatically added to the format-patch cover letter or request-pull summary. diff --git a/Documentation/config/checkout.txt b/Documentation/config/checkout.txt index bfbca90f0e..a323022993 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/checkout.txt @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ checkout.workers:: all commands that perform checkout. E.g. checkout, clone, reset, sparse-checkout, etc. + -Note: parallel checkout usually delivers better performance for repositories +Note: Parallel checkout usually delivers better performance for repositories located on SSDs or over NFS. For repositories on spinning disks and/or machines with a small number of cores, the default sequential checkout often performs better. The size and compression level of a repository might also influence how @@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ well the parallel version performs. checkout.thresholdForParallelism:: When running parallel checkout with a small number of files, the cost of subprocess spawning and inter-process communication might outweigh - the parallelization gains. This setting allows to define the minimum + the parallelization gains. This setting allows you to define the minimum number of files for which parallel checkout should be attempted. The default is 100. diff --git a/Documentation/config/clean.txt b/Documentation/config/clean.txt index a807c925b9..c0188ead4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/clean.txt @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ clean.requireForce:: - A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f, - -i or -n. Defaults to true. + A boolean to make git-clean refuse to delete files unless -f + is given. Defaults to true. diff --git a/Documentation/config/clone.txt b/Documentation/config/clone.txt index 26f4fb137a..0a10efd174 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/clone.txt @@ -1,13 +1,23 @@ -clone.defaultRemoteName:: +`clone.defaultRemoteName`:: The name of the remote to create when cloning a repository. Defaults to - `origin`, and can be overridden by passing the `--origin` command-line + `origin`. +ifdef::git-clone[] + It can be overridden by passing the `--origin` command-line + option. +endif::[] +ifndef::git-clone[] + It can be overridden by passing the `--origin` command-line option to linkgit:git-clone[1]. +endif::[] -clone.rejectShallow:: - Reject to clone a repository if it is a shallow one, can be overridden by - passing option `--reject-shallow` in command line. See linkgit:git-clone[1] +`clone.rejectShallow`:: + Reject cloning a repository if it is a shallow one; this can be overridden by + passing the `--reject-shallow` option on the command line. +ifndef::git-clone[] + See linkgit:git-clone[1]. +endif::[] -clone.filterSubmodules:: +`clone.filterSubmodules`:: If a partial clone filter is provided (see `--filter` in linkgit:git-rev-list[1]) and `--recurse-submodules` is used, also apply the filter to submodules. diff --git a/Documentation/config/color.txt b/Documentation/config/color.txt index 1795b2d16b..2f2275ac69 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/color.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/color.txt @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ color.grep.<slot>:: matching text in context lines `matchSelected`;; matching text in selected lines. Also, used to customize the following - linkgit:git-log[1] subcommands: `--grep`, `--author` and `--committer`. + linkgit:git-log[1] subcommands: `--grep`, `--author`, and `--committer`. `selected`;; non-matching text in selected lines. Also, used to customize the following linkgit:git-log[1] subcommands: `--grep`, `--author` and diff --git a/Documentation/config/column.txt b/Documentation/config/column.txt index 76aa2f29dc..01e4198429 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/column.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/column.txt @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ column.branch:: See `column.ui` for details. column.clean:: - Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always + Specify the layout when listing items in `git clean -i`, which always shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details. column.status:: @@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ column.status:: See `column.ui` for details. column.tag:: - Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns. + Specify whether to output tag listings in `git tag` in columns. See `column.ui` for details. diff --git a/Documentation/config/commit.txt b/Documentation/config/commit.txt index 2c95573930..62f0d92fda 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/commit.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ commit.cleanup:: This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin - with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you + with the comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log template yourself, if you do this). @@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ commit.template:: new commit messages. commit.verbose:: - A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`. + A boolean or int to specify the level of verbosity with `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt b/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt index 30604e4a4c..7f8c9d6638 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt @@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ commitGraph.maxNewFilters:: commit-graph write` (c.f., linkgit:git-commit-graph[1]). commitGraph.readChangedPaths:: - If true, then git will use the changed-path Bloom filters in the - commit-graph file (if it exists, and they are present). Defaults to - true. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for more information. + Deprecated. Equivalent to commitGraph.changedPathsVersion=-1 if true, and + commitGraph.changedPathsVersion=0 if false. (If commitGraph.changedPathVersion + is also set, commitGraph.changedPathsVersion takes precedence.) + +commitGraph.changedPathsVersion:: + Specifies the version of the changed-path Bloom filters that Git will read and + write. May be -1, 0, 1, or 2. Note that values greater than 1 may be + incompatible with older versions of Git which do not yet understand + those versions. Use caution when operating in a mixed-version + environment. ++ +Defaults to -1. ++ +If -1, Git will use the version of the changed-path Bloom filters in the +repository, defaulting to 1 if there are none. ++ +If 0, Git will not read any Bloom filters, and will write version 1 Bloom +filters when instructed to write. ++ +If 1, Git will only read version 1 Bloom filters, and will write version 1 +Bloom filters. ++ +If 2, Git will only read version 2 Bloom filters, and will write version 2 +Bloom filters. ++ +See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for more information. diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt index dfbdaf00b8..8f6d8e7754 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/core.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ default in a bare repository. core.repositoryFormatVersion:: Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout - version. + version. See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5]. core.sharedRepository:: When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between @@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ core.editor:: `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. core.commentChar:: +core.commentString:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit messages consider a line that begins with this character commented, and removes them after the editor returns @@ -527,6 +528,20 @@ core.commentChar:: + If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages. ++ +Note that these two variables are aliases of each other, and in modern +versions of Git you are free to use a string (e.g., `//` or `⁑⁕⁑`) with +`commentChar`. Versions of Git prior to v2.45.0 will ignore +`commentString` but will reject a value of `commentChar` that consists +of more than a single ASCII byte. If you plan to use your config with +older and newer versions of Git, you may want to specify both: ++ + [core] + # single character for older versions + commentChar = "#" + # string for newer versions (which will override commentChar + # because it comes later in the file) + commentString = "//" core.filesRefLockTimeout:: The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to @@ -688,7 +703,7 @@ core.createObject:: will not overwrite existing objects. + On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable. -Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the +Set this config setting to 'rename' there; however, this will remove the check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten. core.notesRef:: @@ -736,3 +751,10 @@ core.abbrev:: If set to "no", no abbreviation is made and the object names are shown in their full length. The minimum length is 4. + +core.maxTreeDepth:: + The maximum depth Git is willing to recurse while traversing a + tree (e.g., "a/b/cde/f" has a depth of 4). This is a fail-safe + to allow Git to abort cleanly, and should not generally need to + be adjusted. When Git is compiled with MSVC, the default is 512. + Otherwise, the default is 2048. diff --git a/Documentation/config/credential.txt b/Documentation/config/credential.txt index 512f31876e..470482ff4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/credential.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/credential.txt @@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ credential.helper:: Note that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details and examples. +credential.interactive:: + By default, Git and any configured credential helpers will ask for + user input when new credentials are required. Many of these helpers + will succeed based on stored credentials if those credentials are + still valid. To avoid the possibility of user interactivity from + Git, set `credential.interactive=false`. Some credential helpers + respect this option as well. + credential.useHttpPath:: When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See @@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ credential.username:: credential.<url>.*:: Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to - some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username" + some credentials. For example, "credential.https://example.com.username" would set the default username only for https connections to example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are matched. @@ -31,6 +39,6 @@ credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP:: credentialStore.lockTimeoutMS:: The length of time, in milliseconds, for git-credential-store to retry - when trying to lock the credentials file. Value 0 means not to retry at + when trying to lock the credentials file. A value of 0 means not to retry at all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e., retry for 1s). diff --git a/Documentation/config/diff.txt b/Documentation/config/diff.txt index 35a7bf86d7..190bda17e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/diff.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ diff.autoRefreshIndex:: When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree - files, do not consider stat-only change as changed. + files, do not consider stat-only changes as changed. Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to update the cached stat information for paths whose contents in the work tree match the contents in the @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ directories with less than 10% of the total amount of changed files, and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories: `files,10,cumulative`. +diff.statNameWidth:: + Limit the width of the filename part in --stat output. If set, applies + to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch. + diff.statGraphWidth:: Limit the width of the graph part in --stat output. If set, applies to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch. @@ -75,6 +79,15 @@ diff.external:: you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead. +diff.trustExitCode:: + If this boolean value is set to true then the + `diff.external` command is expected to return exit code + 0 if it considers the input files to be equal or 1 if it + considers them to be different, like `diff(1)`. + If it is set to false, which is the default, then the command + is expected to return exit code 0 regardless of equality. + Any other exit code causes Git to report a fatal error. + diff.ignoreSubmodules:: Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff' @@ -104,9 +117,15 @@ diff.mnemonicPrefix:: `git diff --no-index a b`;; compares two non-git things (1) and (2). -diff.noprefix:: +diff.noPrefix:: If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix. +diff.srcPrefix:: + If set, 'git diff' uses this source prefix. Defaults to "a/". + +diff.dstPrefix:: + If set, 'git diff' uses this destination prefix. Defaults to "b/". + diff.relative:: If set to 'true', 'git diff' does not show changes outside of the directory and show pathnames relative to the current directory. @@ -154,6 +173,15 @@ diff.<driver>.command:: The custom diff driver command. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. +diff.<driver>.trustExitCode:: + If this boolean value is set to true then the + `diff.<driver>.command` command is expected to return exit code + 0 if it considers the input files to be equal or 1 if it + considers them to be different, like `diff(1)`. + If it is set to false, which is the default, then the command + is expected to return exit code 0 regardless of equality. + Any other exit code causes Git to report a fatal error. + diff.<driver>.xfuncname:: The regular expression that the diff driver should use to recognize the hunk header. A built-in pattern may also be used. @@ -219,5 +247,5 @@ diff.colorMoved:: diff.colorMovedWS:: When moved lines are colored using e.g. the `diff.colorMoved` setting, - this option controls the `<mode>` how spaces are treated - for details of valid modes see '--color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. + this option controls the `<mode>` how spaces are treated. + For details of valid modes see '--color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/config/extensions.txt b/Documentation/config/extensions.txt index bccaec7a96..5dc569d1c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/extensions.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/extensions.txt @@ -1,13 +1,69 @@ -extensions.objectFormat:: +extensions.*:: + Unless otherwise stated, is an error to specify an extension if + `core.repositoryFormatVersion` is not `1`. See + linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5]. ++ +-- +compatObjectFormat:: + Specify a compatibility hash algorithm to use. The acceptable values + are `sha1` and `sha256`. The value specified must be different from the + value of `extensions.objectFormat`. This allows client level + interoperability between git repositories whose objectFormat matches + this compatObjectFormat. In particular when fully implemented the + pushes and pulls from a repository in whose objectFormat matches + compatObjectFormat. As well as being able to use oids encoded in + compatObjectFormat in addition to oids encoded with objectFormat to + locally specify objects. + +noop:: + This extension does not change git's behavior at all. It is useful only + for testing format-1 compatibility. ++ +For historical reasons, this extension is respected regardless of the +`core.repositoryFormatVersion` setting. + +noop-v1:: + This extension does not change git's behavior at all. It is useful only + for testing format-1 compatibility. + +objectFormat:: Specify the hash algorithm to use. The acceptable values are `sha1` and - `sha256`. If not specified, `sha1` is assumed. It is an error to specify - this key unless `core.repositoryFormatVersion` is 1. + `sha256`. If not specified, `sha1` is assumed. + Note that this setting should only be set by linkgit:git-init[1] or linkgit:git-clone[1]. Trying to change it after initialization will not work and will produce hard-to-diagnose issues. -extensions.worktreeConfig:: +partialClone:: + When enabled, indicates that the repo was created with a partial clone + (or later performed a partial fetch) and that the remote may have + omitted sending certain unwanted objects. Such a remote is called a + "promisor remote" and it promises that all such omitted objects can + be fetched from it in the future. ++ +The value of this key is the name of the promisor remote. ++ +For historical reasons, this extension is respected regardless of the +`core.repositoryFormatVersion` setting. + +preciousObjects:: + If enabled, indicates that objects in the repository MUST NOT be deleted + (e.g., by `git-prune` or `git repack -d`). ++ +For historical reasons, this extension is respected regardless of the +`core.repositoryFormatVersion` setting. + +refStorage:: + Specify the ref storage format to use. The acceptable values are: ++ +include::../ref-storage-format.txt[] + ++ +Note that this setting should only be set by linkgit:git-init[1] or +linkgit:git-clone[1]. Trying to change it after initialization will not +work and will produce hard-to-diagnose issues. + +worktreeConfig:: If enabled, then worktrees will load config settings from the `$GIT_DIR/config.worktree` file in addition to the `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/config` file. Note that `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` and @@ -17,7 +73,7 @@ extensions.worktreeConfig:: `config.worktree` file will override settings from any other config files. + -When enabling `extensions.worktreeConfig`, you must be careful to move +When enabling this extension, you must be careful to move certain values from the common config file to the main working tree's `config.worktree` file, if present: + @@ -25,15 +81,17 @@ certain values from the common config file to the main working tree's `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/config.worktree`. * If `core.bare` is true, then it must be moved from `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/config` to `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/config.worktree`. + + It may also be beneficial to adjust the locations of `core.sparseCheckout` and `core.sparseCheckoutCone` depending on your desire for customizable sparse-checkout settings for each worktree. By default, the `git -sparse-checkout` builtin enables `extensions.worktreeConfig`, assigns +sparse-checkout` builtin enables this extension, assigns these config values on a per-worktree basis, and uses the `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file to specify the sparsity for each worktree independently. See linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] for more details. + -For historical reasons, `extensions.worktreeConfig` is respected -regardless of the `core.repositoryFormatVersion` setting. +For historical reasons, this extension is respected regardless of the +`core.repositoryFormatVersion` setting. +-- diff --git a/Documentation/config/fastimport.txt b/Documentation/config/fastimport.txt index c1166e330d..903677d7ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/fastimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/fastimport.txt @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ fastimport.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects imported by linkgit:git-fast-import[1] is below this limit, then the objects will be unpacked into - loose object files. However if the number of imported objects - equals or exceeds this limit then the pack will be stored as a + loose object files. However, if the number of imported objects + equals or exceeds this limit, then the pack will be stored as a pack. Storing the pack from a fast-import can make the import operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. diff --git a/Documentation/config/feature.txt b/Documentation/config/feature.txt index bf9546fca4..f061b64b74 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/feature.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/feature.txt @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ skipping more commits at a time, reducing the number of round trips. + * `pack.useBitmapBoundaryTraversal=true` may improve bitmap traversal times by walking fewer objects. ++ +* `pack.allowPackReuse=multi` may improve the time it takes to create a pack by +reusing objects from multiple packs instead of just one. feature.manyFiles:: Enable config options that optimize for repos with many files in the diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt index 568f0f75b3..d7dc461bd1 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt @@ -50,10 +50,16 @@ fetch.pruneTags:: refs. See also `remote.<name>.pruneTags` and the PRUNING section of linkgit:git-fetch[1]. +fetch.all:: + If true, fetch will attempt to update all available remotes. + This behavior can be overridden by passing `--no-all` or by + explicitly specifying one or more remote(s) to fetch from. + Defaults to false. + 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. + `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See the + OUTPUT section in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for details. fetch.negotiationAlgorithm:: Control how information about the commits in the local repository diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt index 8cf6f00d93..7410e930e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/format.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ format.encodeEmailHeaders:: Defaults to true. format.pretty:: - The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command, + The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command. See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]. @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ format.notes:: `--notes=<ref>`, where `ref` is the non-boolean value. Defaults to false. + -If one wishes to use the ref `ref/notes/true`, please use that literal +If one wishes to use the ref `refs/notes/true`, please use that literal instead. + This configuration can be specified multiple times in order to allow diff --git a/Documentation/config/fsck.txt b/Documentation/config/fsck.txt index a3c865df56..8e9e508933 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/fsck.txt @@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ to clone or fetch it set `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>`. + The rest of the documentation discusses `fsck.*` for brevity, but the same applies for the corresponding `receive.fsck.*` and -`fetch.<msg-id>.*`. variables. +`fetch.fsck.*`. variables. + -Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor` the +Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor`, the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>` variables will not fall back on the `fsck.<msg-id>` configuration if they aren't set. To -uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances -all three of them they must all set to the same values. +uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances, +all three of them must be set to the same values. + When `fsck.<msg-id>` is set, errors can be switched to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `fsck.<msg-id>` setting where the @@ -36,19 +36,19 @@ Setting an unknown `fsck.<msg-id>` value will cause fsck to die, but doing the same for `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>` will only cause git to warn. + -See `Fsck Messages` section of linkgit:git-fsck[1] for supported +See the `Fsck Messages` section of linkgit:git-fsck[1] for supported values of `<msg-id>`. fsck.skipList:: The path to a list of object names (i.e. one unabbreviated SHA-1 per line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should - be ignored. On versions of Git 2.20 and later comments ('#'), empty - lines, and any leading and trailing whitespace is ignored. Everything + be ignored. On versions of Git 2.20 and later, comments ('#'), empty + lines, and any leading and trailing whitespace are ignored. Everything but a SHA-1 per line will error out on older versions. + This feature is useful when an established project should be accepted -despite early commits containing errors that can be safely ignored +despite early commits containing errors that can be safely ignored, such as invalid committer email addresses. Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting. + @@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ Like `fsck.<msg-id>` this variable has corresponding Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor` the `receive.fsck.skipList` and `fetch.fsck.skipList` variables will not fall back on the `fsck.skipList` configuration if they aren't set. To -uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances -all three of them they must all set to the same values. +uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances, +all three of them must be set to the same values. + Older versions of Git (before 2.20) documented that the object names -list should be sorted. This was never a requirement, the object names +list should be sorted. This was never a requirement; the object names could appear in any order, but when reading the list we tracked whether the list was sorted for the purposes of an internal binary search implementation, which could save itself some work with an already sorted diff --git a/Documentation/config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt b/Documentation/config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt index c225c6c9e7..671f9b9462 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ fsmonitor.allowRemote:: - By default, the fsmonitor daemon refuses to work against network-mounted + By default, the fsmonitor daemon refuses to work with network-mounted repositories. Setting `fsmonitor.allowRemote` to `true` overrides this behavior. Only respected when `core.fsmonitor` is set to `true`. diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt index ca47eb2008..21d56db279 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ gc.auto:: default value is 6700. + Setting this to 0 disables not only automatic packing based on the -number of loose objects, but any other heuristic `git gc --auto` will +number of loose objects, but also any other heuristic `git gc --auto` will otherwise use to determine if there's work to do, such as `gc.autoPackLimit`. @@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ See the `gc.bigPackThreshold` configuration variable below. When in use, it'll affect how the auto pack limit works. gc.autoDetach:: - Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background - if the system supports it. Default is true. + Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in the background + if the system supports it. Default is true. This config variable acts + as a fallback in case `maintenance.autoDetach` is not set. gc.bigPackThreshold:: If non-zero, all non-cruft packs larger than this limit are kept @@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ gc.cruftPacks:: linkgit:git-repack[1]) instead of as loose objects. The default is `true`. +gc.maxCruftSize:: + Limit the size of new cruft packs when repacking. When + specified in addition to `--max-cruft-size`, the command line + option takes priority. See the `--max-cruft-size` option of + linkgit:git-repack[1]. + gc.pruneExpire:: When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago' (and 'repack --cruft --cruft-expiration 2.weeks.ago' if using @@ -145,6 +152,22 @@ Multiple hooks are supported, but all must exit successfully, else the operation (either generating a cruft pack or unpacking unreachable objects) will be halted. +gc.repackFilter:: + When repacking, use the specified filter to move certain + objects into a separate packfile. See the + `--filter=<filter-spec>` option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. + +gc.repackFilterTo:: + When repacking and using a filter, see `gc.repackFilter`, the + specified location will be used to create the packfile + containing the filtered out objects. **WARNING:** The + specified location should be accessible, using for example the + Git alternates mechanism, otherwise the repo could be + considered corrupt by Git as it might not be able to access the + objects in that packfile. See the `--filter-to=<dir>` option + of linkgit:git-repack[1] and the `objects/info/alternates` + section of linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5]. + gc.rerereResolved:: Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt index 37e2831cd5..5cf32b179d 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ gpg.program:: same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached signature, "`gpg --verify $signature - <$file`" is run, and the program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with - code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the + code 0. To generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its standard output. @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ gpg.<format>.program:: gpg.minTrustLevel:: Specifies a minimum trust level for signature verification. If this option is unset, then signature verification for merge - operations require a key with at least `marginal` trust. Other + operations requires a key with at least `marginal` trust. Other operations that perform signature verification require a key with at least `undefined` trust. Setting this option overrides the required trust-level for all operations. Supported values, @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ gpg.minTrustLevel:: * `ultimate` gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand:: - This command that will be run when user.signingkey is not set and a ssh + This command will be run when user.signingkey is not set and a ssh signature is requested. On successful exit a valid ssh public key prefixed with `key::` is expected in the first line of its output. This allows for a script doing a dynamic lookup of the correct public diff --git a/Documentation/config/grep.txt b/Documentation/config/grep.txt index e521f20390..10041f27b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/grep.txt @@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ grep.fullName:: If set to true, enable `--full-name` option by default. grep.fallbackToNoIndex:: - If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep + If set to true, fall back to `git grep --no-index` if `git grep` is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false. diff --git a/Documentation/config/gui.txt b/Documentation/config/gui.txt index 0c087fd8c9..171be774d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gui.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gui.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ gui.matchTrackingBranch:: not. Default: "false". gui.newBranchTemplate:: - Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the + Is used as a suggested name when creating new branches using the linkgit:git-gui[1]. gui.pruneDuringFetch:: diff --git a/Documentation/config/http.txt b/Documentation/config/http.txt index 51a70781e5..a14371b5c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/http.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/http.txt @@ -5,8 +5,13 @@ http.proxy:: proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is - '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden - on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy + '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port][/path]'. This can be + overridden on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy ++ +Any proxy, however configured, must be completely transparent and must not +modify, transform, or buffer the request or response in any way. Proxies which +are not completely transparent are known to cause various forms of breakage +with Git. http.proxyAuthMethod:: Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This @@ -56,6 +61,26 @@ http.emptyAuth:: a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for authentication. +http.proactiveAuth:: + Attempt authentication without first making an unauthenticated attempt and + receiving a 401 response. This can be used to ensure that all requests are + authenticated. If `http.emptyAuth` is set to true, this value has no effect. ++ +If the credential helper used specifies an authentication scheme (i.e., via the +`authtype` field), that value will be used; if a username and password is +provided without a scheme, then Basic authentication is used. The value of the +option determines the scheme requested from the helper. Possible values are: ++ +-- +* `basic` - Request Basic authentication from the helper. +* `auto` - Allow the helper to pick an appropriate scheme. +* `none` - Disable proactive authentication. +-- ++ +Note that TLS should always be used with this configuration, since otherwise it +is easy to accidentally expose plaintext credentials if Basic authentication +is selected. + http.delegation:: Control GSSAPI credential delegation. The delegation is disabled by default in libcurl since version 7.21.7. Set parameter to tell @@ -82,12 +107,16 @@ http.cookieFile:: in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`). + Set it to an empty string, to accept only new cookies from + the server and send them back in successive requests within same + connection. NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as input unless http.saveCookies is set. http.saveCookies:: If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by - http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset. + http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset, or set to + an empty string. http.version:: Use the specified HTTP protocol version when communicating with a server. @@ -254,13 +283,13 @@ http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime:: http.noEPSV:: A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl. - This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't + This can be helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the `GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV` environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV). http.userAgent:: The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default - value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1. + value represents the version of the Git client such as git/1.7.1. This option allows you to override this value to a more common value such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set diff --git a/Documentation/config/i18n.txt b/Documentation/config/i18n.txt index cc25621731..6e72fdb45b 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/i18n.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/i18n.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ i18n.commitEncoding:: Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history - browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other + browser (and possibly in other places in the future or in other porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'. i18n.logOutputEncoding:: diff --git a/Documentation/config/imap.txt b/Documentation/config/imap.txt index 06166fb5c0..3d28f72643 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/imap.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/imap.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ imap.folder:: "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required. imap.tunnel:: - Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which + Command used to set up a tunnel to the IMAP server through which commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection to the server. Required when imap.host is not set. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ imap.preformattedHTML:: format=fixed email. Default is `false`. imap.authMethod:: - Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server. + Specify the authentication method for authenticating with the IMAP server. If Git was built with the NO_CURL option, or if your curl version is older than 7.34.0, or if you're running git-imap-send with the `--no-curl` option, the only supported method is 'CRAM-MD5'. If this is not set diff --git a/Documentation/config/index.txt b/Documentation/config/index.txt index 23c7985eb4..3eff420360 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/index.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/index.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ index.threads:: Specifies the number of threads to spawn when loading the index. This is meant to reduce index load time on multiprocessor machines. Specifying 0 or 'true' will cause Git to auto-detect the number of - CPU's and set the number of threads accordingly. Specifying 1 or + CPUs and set the number of threads accordingly. Specifying 1 or 'false' will disable multithreading. Defaults to 'true'. index.version:: diff --git a/Documentation/config/init.txt b/Documentation/config/init.txt index 79c79d6617..e45b2a8121 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/init.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/init.txt @@ -1,7 +1,20 @@ -init.templateDir:: - Specify the directory from which templates will be copied. - (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) +:see-git-init: +ifndef::git-init[] +:see-git-init: (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) +endif::[] -init.defaultBranch:: +`init.templateDir`:: + Specify the directory from which templates will be copied. {see-git-init} +`init.defaultBranch`:: Allows overriding the default branch name e.g. when initializing a new repository. +`init.defaultObjectFormat`:: + Allows overriding the default object format for new repositories. See + `--object-format=` in linkgit:git-init[1]. Both the command line option + and the `GIT_DEFAULT_HASH` environment variable take precedence over + this config. +`init.defaultRefFormat`:: + Allows overriding the default ref storage format for new repositories. + See `--ref-format=` in linkgit:git-init[1]. Both the command line + option and the `GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT` environment variable take + precedence over this config. diff --git a/Documentation/config/interactive.txt b/Documentation/config/interactive.txt index a2d3c7ec44..8b876cb4eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/interactive.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/interactive.txt @@ -1,12 +1,10 @@ interactive.singleKey:: - In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter - input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter). - Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of - linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], + When set to true, allow the user to provide one-letter input + with a single key (i.e., without hitting the Enter key) in + interactive commands. This is currently used by the `--patch` + mode of linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-restore[1], linkgit:git-commit[1], - linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this - setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input - is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey. + linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. interactive.diffFilter:: When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows diff --git a/Documentation/config/log.txt b/Documentation/config/log.txt index 5f96cf87fb..9003a82191 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/log.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/log.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ log.date:: `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details. + If the format is set to "auto:foo" and the pager is in use, format -"foo" will be the used for the date format. Otherwise "default" will +"foo" will be used for the date format. Otherwise, "default" will be used. log.decorate:: diff --git a/Documentation/config/mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/config/mailinfo.txt index 3854d4ae37..ec3a5d81f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/mailinfo.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/mailinfo.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ mailinfo.scissors:: If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option - was provided on the command-line. When active, this features + was provided on the command-line. When active, this feature removes everything from the message body before a scissors line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-"). diff --git a/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt b/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt index 18f0562131..72a9d6cf81 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt @@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ maintenance.auto:: `git maintenance run --auto` after doing their normal work. Defaults to true. +maintenance.autoDetach:: + Many Git commands trigger automatic maintenance after they have + written data into the repository. This boolean config option + controls whether this automatic maintenance shall happen in the + foreground or whether the maintenance process shall detach and + continue to run in the background. ++ +If unset, the value of `gc.autoDetach` is used as a fallback. Defaults +to true if both are unset, meaning that the maintenance process will +detach. + maintenance.strategy:: This string config option provides a way to specify one of a few recommended schedules for background maintenance. This only affects @@ -12,7 +23,7 @@ maintenance.strategy:: then that value is used instead of the one provided by `maintenance.strategy`. The possible strategy strings are: + -* `none`: This default setting implies no task are run at any schedule. +* `none`: This default setting implies no tasks are run at any schedule. * `incremental`: This setting optimizes for performing small maintenance activities that do not delete any data. This does not schedule the `gc` task, but runs the `prefetch` and `commit-graph` tasks hourly, the diff --git a/Documentation/config/man.txt b/Documentation/config/man.txt index a727d987a8..5a0f82cc23 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/man.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/man.txt @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ man.viewer:: man.<tool>.cmd:: Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page - passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].) + passed as an argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].) man.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool that may be used to diff --git a/Documentation/config/merge.txt b/Documentation/config/merge.txt index 99e83dd36e..8851b6cede 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/merge.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ merge.conflictStyle:: marker and the original text before the `=======` marker. The "merge" style tends to produce smaller conflict regions than diff3, both because of the exclusion of the original text, and because - when a subset of lines match on the two sides they are just pulled + when a subset of lines match on the two sides, they are just pulled out of the conflict region. Another alternate style, "zdiff3", is similar to diff3 but removes matching lines on the two sides from the conflict region when those matching lines appear near either diff --git a/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt b/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt index 56a7eeeffb..00bf665aa0 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode:: For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file - timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful - if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to + timestamp is checked, and the merge is assumed to have been successful + if the file has been updated; otherwise, the user is prompted to indicate the success of the merge. mergetool.meld.hasOutput:: @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ mergetool.meld.hasOutput:: mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge:: When the `--auto-merge` is given, meld will merge all non-conflicting - parts automatically, highlight the conflicting parts and wait for + parts automatically, highlight the conflicting parts, and wait for user decision. Setting `mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge` to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--auto-merge` option with `meld`. Setting this value to `auto` makes git detect whether `--auto-merge` @@ -45,17 +45,24 @@ mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge:: value of `false` avoids using `--auto-merge` altogether, and is the default value. -mergetool.vimdiff.layout:: - The vimdiff backend uses this variable to control how its split - windows look like. Applies even if you are using Neovim (`nvim`) or - gVim (`gvim`) as the merge tool. See BACKEND SPECIFIC HINTS section +mergetool.<vimdiff variant>.layout:: + Configure the split window layout for vimdiff's `<variant>`, which is any of `vimdiff`, + `nvimdiff`, `gvimdiff`. + Upon launching `git mergetool` with `--tool=<variant>` (or without `--tool` + if `merge.tool` is configured as `<variant>`), Git will consult + `mergetool.<variant>.layout` to determine the tool's layout. If the + variant-specific configuration is not available, `vimdiff`'s is used as + fallback. If that too is not available, a default layout with 4 windows + will be used. To configure the layout, see the `BACKEND SPECIFIC HINTS` +ifdef::git-mergetool[] + section. +endif::[] ifndef::git-mergetool[] - in linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. + section in linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. endif::[] - for details. mergetool.hideResolved:: - During a merge Git will automatically resolve as many conflicts as + During a merge, Git will automatically resolve as many conflicts as possible and write the 'MERGED' file containing conflict markers around any conflicts that it cannot resolve; 'LOCAL' and 'REMOTE' normally represent the versions of the file from before Git's conflict @@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ mergetool.keepTemporaries:: When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be - preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has + preserved; otherwise, they will be removed after the tool has exited. Defaults to `false`. mergetool.writeToTemp:: diff --git a/Documentation/config/notes.txt b/Documentation/config/notes.txt index c7c4811734..43db8e808d 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/notes.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ notes.mergeStrategy:: Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or - `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" + `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy. + This setting can be overridden by passing the `--strategy` option to diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.txt b/Documentation/config/pack.txt index 3748136d14..da527377fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/pack.txt @@ -28,11 +28,16 @@ all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option to linkgit:git-repack[1]. pack.allowPackReuse:: - When true, and when reachability bitmaps are enabled, - pack-objects will try to send parts of the bitmapped packfile - verbatim. This can reduce memory and CPU usage to serve fetches, - but might result in sending a slightly larger pack. Defaults to - true. + When true or "single", and when reachability bitmaps are + enabled, pack-objects will try to send parts of the bitmapped + packfile verbatim. When "multi", and when a multi-pack + reachability bitmap is available, pack-objects will try to send + parts of all packs in the MIDX. ++ +If only a single pack bitmap is available, and `pack.allowPackReuse` +is set to "multi", reuse parts of just the bitmapped packfile. This +can reduce memory and CPU usage to serve fetches, but might result in +sending a slightly larger pack. Defaults to true. pack.island:: An extended regular expression configuring a set of delta @@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ pack.threads:: warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window is however multiplied by the number of threads. - Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's + Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPUs and set the number of threads accordingly. pack.indexVersion:: @@ -83,11 +88,11 @@ pack.indexVersion:: the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced - and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is + and this config option is ignored whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB. + If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file, -cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http") +cloning or fetching over a non-native protocol (e.g. "http") that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however, @@ -102,8 +107,8 @@ pack.packSizeLimit:: in the creation of multiple packfiles. + Note that this option is rarely useful, and may result in a larger total -on-disk size (because Git will not store deltas between packs), as well -as worse runtime performance (object lookup within multiple packs is +on-disk size (because Git will not store deltas between packs) and +worse runtime performance (object lookup within multiple packs is slower than a single pack, and optimizations like reachability bitmaps cannot cope with multiple packs). + diff --git a/Documentation/config/promisor.txt b/Documentation/config/promisor.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..98c5cb2ec2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/promisor.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +promisor.quiet:: + If set to "true" assume `--quiet` when fetching additional + objects for a partial clone. diff --git a/Documentation/config/push.txt b/Documentation/config/push.txt index 43338b65e8..0acbbea18a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/push.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/push.txt @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ push.default:: * `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`. -* `simple` - pushes the current branch with the same name on the remote. +* `simple` - push the current branch with the same name on the remote. + If you are working on a centralized workflow (pushing to the same repository you pull from, which is typically `origin`), then you need to configure an upstream @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ 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`. diff --git a/Documentation/config/rebase.txt b/Documentation/config/rebase.txt index 9c248accec..c6187ab28b 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/rebase.txt @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ rebase.stat:: rebase. False by default. rebase.autoSquash:: - If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default. + If set to true, enable the `--autosquash` option of + linkgit:git-rebase[1] by default for interactive mode. + This can be overridden with the `--no-autosquash` option. rebase.autoStash:: When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash entry @@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ rebase.missingCommitsCheck:: rebase.instructionFormat:: A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for the todo list during an interactive rebase. The format will - automatically have the long commit hash prepended to the format. + automatically have the commit hash prepended to the format. rebase.abbreviateCommands:: If set to true, `git rebase` will use abbreviated command names in the diff --git a/Documentation/config/receive.txt b/Documentation/config/receive.txt index 85d5b5a3d2..36a1e6f2d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/receive.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/receive.txt @@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ receive.advertisePushOptions:: capability to its clients. False by default. receive.autogc:: - By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after + By default, git-receive-pack will run "git maintenance run --auto" after receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop it by setting this variable to false. receive.certNonceSeed:: By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack` - will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using + will accept a `git push --signed` and verify it by using a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret key. receive.certNonceSlop:: - When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a + When a `git push --signed` sends a push certificate with a "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce" found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the diff --git a/Documentation/config/reftable.txt b/Documentation/config/reftable.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..57087803a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/reftable.txt @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +reftable.blockSize:: + The size in bytes used by the reftable backend when writing blocks. + The block size is determined by the writer, and does not have to be a + power of 2. The block size must be larger than the longest reference + name or log entry used in the repository, as references cannot span + blocks. ++ +Powers of two that are friendly to the virtual memory system or +filesystem (such as 4kB or 8kB) are recommended. Larger sizes (64kB) can +yield better compression, with a possible increased cost incurred by +readers during access. ++ +The largest block size is `16777215` bytes (15.99 MiB). The default value is +`4096` bytes (4kB). A value of `0` will use the default value. + +reftable.restartInterval:: + The interval at which to create restart points. The reftable backend + determines the restart points at file creation. Every 16 may be + more suitable for smaller block sizes (4k or 8k), every 64 for larger + block sizes (64k). ++ +More frequent restart points reduces prefix compression and increases +space consumed by the restart table, both of which increase file size. ++ +Less frequent restart points makes prefix compression more effective, +decreasing overall file size, with increased penalties for readers +walking through more records after the binary search step. ++ +A maximum of `65535` restart points per block is supported. ++ +The default value is to create restart points every 16 records. A value of `0` +will use the default value. + +reftable.indexObjects:: + Whether the reftable backend shall write object blocks. Object blocks + are a reverse mapping of object ID to the references pointing to them. ++ +The default value is `true`. + +reftable.geometricFactor:: + Whenever the reftable backend appends a new table to the stack, it + performs auto compaction to ensure that there is only a handful of + tables. The backend does this by ensuring that tables form a geometric + sequence regarding the respective sizes of each table. ++ +By default, the geometric sequence uses a factor of 2, meaning that for any +table, the next-biggest table must at least be twice as big. A maximum factor +of 256 is supported. + +reftable.lockTimeout:: + Whenever the reftable backend appends a new table to the stack, it has + to lock the central "tables.list" file before updating it. This config + controls how long the process will wait to acquire the lock in case + another process has already acquired it. Value 0 means not to retry at + all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e., retry for + 100ms). diff --git a/Documentation/config/remote.txt b/Documentation/config/remote.txt index 0678b4bcfe..6d8b7d6c63 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/remote.txt @@ -5,10 +5,19 @@ remote.pushDefault:: remote.<name>.url:: The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or - linkgit:git-push[1]. + linkgit:git-push[1]. A configured remote can have multiple URLs; + in this case the first is used for fetching, and all are used + for pushing (assuming no `remote.<name>.pushurl` is defined). + Setting this key to the empty string clears the list of urls, + allowing you to override earlier config. remote.<name>.pushurl:: The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1]. + If a `pushurl` option is present in a configured remote, it + is used for pushing instead of `remote.<name>.url`. A configured + remote can have multiple push URLs; in this case a push goes to + all of them. Setting this key to the empty string clears the + list of urls, allowing you to override earlier config. remote.<name>.proxy:: For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to @@ -33,14 +42,15 @@ remote.<name>.mirror:: as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line. remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate:: - If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating - using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of - linkgit:git-remote[1]. + A deprecated synonym to `remote.<name>.skipFetchAll` (if + both are set in the configuration files with different + values, the value of the last occurrence will be used). remote.<name>.skipFetchAll:: - If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating - using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of - linkgit:git-remote[1]. + If true, this remote will be skipped when updating + using linkgit:git-fetch[1], the `update` subcommand of + linkgit:git-remote[1], and ignored by the prefetch task + of `git maintenance`. remote.<name>.receivepack:: The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See @@ -86,3 +96,13 @@ remote.<name>.partialclonefilter:: Changing or clearing this value will only affect fetches for new commits. To fetch associated objects for commits already present in the local object database, use the `--refetch` option of linkgit:git-fetch[1]. + +remote.<name>.serverOption:: + The default set of server options used when fetching from this remote. + These server options can be overridden by the `--server-option=` command + line arguments. ++ +This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a higher +priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a repository) to clear +the values inherited from a lower priority configuration files (e.g. +`$HOME/.gitconfig`). diff --git a/Documentation/config/rerere.txt b/Documentation/config/rerere.txt index 40abdf6a6b..3a78b5ebb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/rerere.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/rerere.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ rerere.autoUpdate:: When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using - previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false. + previously recorded resolutions. Defaults to false. rerere.enabled:: Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical diff --git a/Documentation/config/safe.txt b/Documentation/config/safe.txt index bde7f31459..2d45c98b12 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/safe.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/safe.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repository that contains a bare repository and running a Git command within that directory. + This config setting is only respected in protected configuration (see -<<SCOPES>>). This prevents the untrusted repository from tampering with +<<SCOPES>>). This prevents untrusted repositories from tampering with this value. safe.directory:: @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ override any such directories specified in the system config), add a `safe.directory` entry with an empty value. + This config setting is only respected in protected configuration (see -<<SCOPES>>). This prevents the untrusted repository from tampering with this +<<SCOPES>>). This prevents untrusted repositories from tampering with this value. + The value of this setting is interpolated, i.e. `~/<path>` expands to a @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ string `*`. This will allow all repositories to be treated as if their directory was listed in the `safe.directory` list. If `safe.directory=*` is set in system config and you want to re-enable this protection, then initialize your list with an empty value before listing the repositories -that you deem safe. +that you deem safe. Giving a directory with `/*` appended to it will +allow access to all repositories under the named directory. + As explained, Git only allows you to access repositories owned by yourself, i.e. the user who is running Git, by default. When Git diff --git a/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt b/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt index 92a9ebe98c..5ffcfc9f2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ sendemail.smtpEncryption:: See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism. -sendemail.smtpsslcertpath:: +sendemail.smtpSSLCertPath:: Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file). Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification. @@ -30,13 +30,28 @@ sendemail.confirm:: in the linkgit:git-send-email[1] documentation for the meaning of these values. +sendemail.mailmap:: + If true, makes linkgit:git-send-email[1] assume `--mailmap`, + otherwise assume `--no-mailmap`. False by default. + +sendemail.mailmap.file:: + The location of a linkgit:git-send-email[1] specific augmenting + mailmap file. The default mailmap and `mailmap.file` are loaded + first. Thus, entries in this file take precedence over entries in + the default mailmap locations. See linkgit:gitmailmap[5]. + +sendemail.mailmap.blob:: + Like `sendemail.mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference + to a blob in the repository. Entries in `sendemail.mailmap.file` + take precedence over entries here. See linkgit:gitmailmap[5]. + sendemail.aliasesFile:: To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more email aliases files. You must also supply `sendemail.aliasFileType`. sendemail.aliasFileType:: Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesFile. Must be - one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus', or 'sendmail'. + one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', 'gnus', or 'sendmail'. + What an alias file in each format looks like can be found in the documentation of the email program of the same name. The @@ -62,12 +77,12 @@ sendemail.chainReplyTo:: sendemail.envelopeSender:: sendemail.from:: sendemail.headerCmd:: -sendemail.signedoffbycc:: +sendemail.signedOffByCc:: sendemail.smtpPass:: -sendemail.suppresscc:: +sendemail.suppressCc:: sendemail.suppressFrom:: sendemail.to:: -sendemail.tocmd:: +sendemail.toCmd:: sendemail.smtpDomain:: sendemail.smtpServer:: sendemail.smtpServerPort:: @@ -81,8 +96,8 @@ sendemail.xmailer:: linkgit:git-send-email[1] command-line options. See its documentation for details. -sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated):: - Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`. +sendemail.signedOffCc (deprecated):: + Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedOffByCc`. sendemail.smtpBatchSize:: Number of messages to be sent per connection, after that a relogin @@ -91,7 +106,7 @@ sendemail.smtpBatchSize:: See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1]. sendemail.smtpReloginDelay:: - Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server. + Seconds to wait before reconnecting to the smtp server. See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1]. sendemail.forbidSendmailVariables:: diff --git a/Documentation/config/sequencer.txt b/Documentation/config/sequencer.txt index b48d532a96..e664eef01d 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/sequencer.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/sequencer.txt @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ sequence.editor:: Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file. The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used. It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable. - When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead. + When not configured, the default commit message editor is used instead. diff --git a/Documentation/config/splitindex.txt b/Documentation/config/splitindex.txt index afdb186df8..cfaa29610b 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/splitindex.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/splitindex.txt @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ splitIndex.maxPercentChange:: percent of entries the split index can contain compared to the total number of entries in both the split index and the shared index before a new shared index is written. - The value should be between 0 and 100. If the value is 0 then - a new shared index is always written, if it is 100 a new + The value should be between 0 and 100. If the value is 0, then + a new shared index is always written; if it is 100, a new shared index is never written. - By default the value is 20, so a new shared index is written + By default, the value is 20, so a new shared index is written if the number of entries in the split index would be greater than 20 percent of the total number of entries. See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/config/stash.txt b/Documentation/config/stash.txt index b9f609ed76..ec1edaeba6 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/stash.txt @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ stash.showIncludeUntracked:: If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command will show the untracked files of a stash entry. Defaults to false. See - description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. + the description of the 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. stash.showPatch:: If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an option will show the stash entry in patch form. Defaults to false. - See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. + See the description of the 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. stash.showStat:: If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an - option will show diffstat of the stash entry. Defaults to true. - See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. + option will show a diffstat of the stash entry. Defaults to true. + See the description of the 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/config/status.txt b/Documentation/config/status.txt index 0fc704ab80..8caf90f51c 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/status.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/status.txt @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ status.showUntrackedFiles:: contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some - systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays + systems. So, this variable controls how the commands display the untracked files. Possible values are: + -- @@ -57,12 +57,14 @@ status.showUntrackedFiles:: -- + If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'. +All usual spellings for Boolean value `true` are taken as `normal` +and `false` as `no`. This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1]. status.submoduleSummary:: Defaults to false. - If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an + If this is set to a non-zero number or true (identical to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note diff --git a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt index 6490527b45..0672d99117 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ submodule.<name>.url:: 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'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are + update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active nor submodule.active are set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate whether the submodule is of interest to git commands. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore:: a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes - to the submodules work tree and + to the submodule's work tree and takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up. diff --git a/Documentation/config/trace2.txt b/Documentation/config/trace2.txt index fe1642f0d4..3b6bca2b7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/trace2.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/trace2.txt @@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ trace2.destinationDebug:: trace2.maxFiles:: Integer. When writing trace files to a target directory, do not - write additional traces if we would exceed this many files. Instead, + write additional traces if doing so would exceed this many files. Instead, write a sentinel file that will block further tracing to this directory. Defaults to 0, which disables this check. diff --git a/Documentation/config/transfer.txt b/Documentation/config/transfer.txt index c3ac767d1e..f1ce50f4a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/transfer.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/transfer.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ transfer.credentialsInUrl:: and any other direct use of the configured URL. + Note that this is currently limited to detecting credentials in -`remote.<name>.url` configuration, it won't detect credentials in +`remote.<name>.url` configuration; it won't detect credentials in `remote.<name>.pushurl` configuration. + You might want to enable this to prevent inadvertent credentials @@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ exposure, e.g. because: system. * The git programs will pass the full URL to one another as arguments on the command-line, meaning the credentials will be exposed to other - users on OS's or systems that allow other users to see the full + unprivileged users on systems that allow them to see the full process list of other users. On linux the "hidepid" setting documented in procfs(5) allows for configuring this behavior. + If such concerns don't apply to you then you probably don't need to be -concerned about credentials exposure due to storing that sensitive +concerned about credentials exposure due to storing sensitive data in git's configuration files. If you do want to use this, set `transfer.credentialsInUrl` to one of these values: + @@ -121,3 +121,7 @@ transfer.bundleURI:: information from the remote server (if advertised) and download bundles before continuing the clone through the Git protocol. Defaults to `false`. + +transfer.advertiseObjectInfo:: + When `true`, the `object-info` capability is advertised by + servers. Defaults to false. diff --git a/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt b/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt index 16264d82a7..0e1dda944a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt @@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant:: uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant:: Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for any object at all. - Defaults to `false`. + It implies `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant` and + `uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant`. If set to `true` it will + enable both of them, it set to `false` it will disable both of + them. + By default not set. uploadpack.keepAlive:: When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt index ec9233b060..2ffc38d164 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/user.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt @@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ author.email:: committer.name:: committer.email:: The `user.name` and `user.email` variables determine what ends - up in the `author` and `committer` field of commit + up in the `author` and `committer` fields of commit objects. If you need the `author` or `committer` to be different, the - `author.name`, `author.email`, `committer.name` or + `author.name`, `author.email`, `committer.name`, or `committer.email` variables can be set. - Also, all of these can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME`, + All of these can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME`, `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`, - `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL` and `EMAIL` environment variables. + `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and `EMAIL` environment variables. + Note that the `name` forms of these variables conventionally refer to some form of a personal name. See linkgit:git-commit[1] and the @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ user.signingKey:: your private ssh key or the public key when ssh-agent is used. Alternatively it can contain a public key prefixed with `key::` directly (e.g.: "key::ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier"). The private key - needs to be available via ssh-agent. If not set git will call + needs to be available via ssh-agent. If not set Git will call gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand (e.g.: "ssh-add -L") and try to use the first key available. For backward compatibility, a raw key which begins with "ssh-", such as "ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier", is treated diff --git a/Documentation/config/versionsort.txt b/Documentation/config/versionsort.txt index 6c7cc054fa..0cff090819 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/versionsort.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/versionsort.txt @@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any "1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix -among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and +among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck", and "-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally "v4.8-bfsX". + -If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will +If more than one suffix matches the same tagname, then that tagname will be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in -the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at +the tagname. If more than one different matching suffix starts at that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the longest of those suffixes. The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are |