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index 01b7e0ae6..cda672101 100644
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@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ advice.*::
when writing commit messages. Default: true.
commitBeforeMerge::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
- merge to avoid overwritting local changes.
+ merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
Default: true.
resolveConflict::
Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
- that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the
+ that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
objects multiple times.
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ not necessarily be the current directory.
am.keepcr::
If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
- not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overrriden
+ not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If
the attributes force git to treat a file as text,
- the '-k' mode will be left blank so cvs clients will
+ the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
@@ -1249,6 +1249,15 @@ http.noEPSV::
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.
+ 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
+ of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
+ Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT' environment variable.
+
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
@@ -1281,7 +1290,9 @@ instaweb.local::
be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
instaweb.modulepath::
- The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
+ The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
+ instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
+ is Apache.
instaweb.port::
The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
@@ -1295,10 +1306,11 @@ interactive.singlekey::
ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
log.date::
- Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
- value is similar to using 'git log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
- following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
- See linkgit:git-log[1].
+ Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
+ Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
+ `\--date` option. Possible values are `relative`, `local`,
+ `default`, `iso`, `rfc`, and `short`; see linkgit:git-log[1]
+ for details.
log.decorate::
Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
@@ -1539,6 +1551,9 @@ rebase.stat::
Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
rebase. False by default.
+rebase.autosquash::
+ If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
+
receive.autogc::
By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
@@ -1564,6 +1579,10 @@ receive.denyDeletes::
If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
+receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
+ If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
+ deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
+
receive.denyCurrentBranch::
If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
@@ -1629,7 +1648,9 @@ remote.<name>.tagopt::
Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to \--tags will fetch every
tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
- branch heads.
+ branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
+ override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of
+ linkgit:git-fetch[1].
remote.<name>.vcs::
Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
@@ -1759,7 +1780,7 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
- both settings can be overriden on the command line by using the
+ both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
"--ignore-submodules" option.
tar.umask::