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| author | Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> | 2009-11-22 19:07:30 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-11-22 22:56:38 -0800 |
| commit | 7b357240f047bfbeae377b8c5327944337124a0f (patch) | |
| tree | acbe2126e963fc4202854378d5a0904fe854ce18 /Documentation | |
| parent | 2fdc0cfcd98c159e487ed502ae41fcaf1545500f (diff) | |
| download | git-7b357240f047bfbeae377b8c5327944337124a0f.tar.gz git-7b357240f047bfbeae377b8c5327944337124a0f.tar.xz | |
config documentation: some configs are auto-set by git-init
Add documentation for core.ignorecase, and mention git-init
in core.filemode and core.symlinks.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 155e925fb..55d7e11da 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ advice.*:: core.fileMode:: If false, the executable bit differences between the index and the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT. - See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default. + See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. ++ +The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the +repository is created. core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks:: This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false, @@ -144,6 +148,18 @@ core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks:: is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode. +core.ignorecase:: + If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable + git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, + like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds + "makefile" when git expects "Makefile", git will assume + it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as + "Makefile". ++ +The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository +is created. + core.trustctime:: If false, the ctime differences between the index and the working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time @@ -224,7 +240,11 @@ core.symlinks:: contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support - symbolic links. True by default. + symbolic links. ++ +The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository +is created. core.gitProxy:: A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead |