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index 1a8a399dd..f61788668 100644
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@@ -866,9 +866,9 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
"git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
branch-specific manner.
+
- When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
- so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
- by running 'git pull'.
+When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
+so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
+by running 'git pull'.
+
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
@@ -1122,6 +1122,9 @@ credential.<url>.*::
example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
matched.
+credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
+ Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
+
include::diff-config.txt[]
difftool.<tool>.path::
@@ -1307,28 +1310,34 @@ gc.packRefs::
gc.pruneExpire::
When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
- "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
- unreachable objects immediately.
+ "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
+ unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to
+ suppress pruning.
gc.worktreePruneExpire::
When 'git gc' is run, it calls
'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.
This config variable can be used to set a different grace
period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
- period and prune $GIT_DIR/worktrees immediately.
+ period and prune $GIT_DIR/worktrees immediately, or "never"
+ may be used to suppress pruning.
gc.reflogExpire::
gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::
'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
- this time; defaults to 90 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
+ this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
+ entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
+ altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
"refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
the refs that match the <pattern>.
gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::
-gc.<ref>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
+gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
- defaults to 30 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
+ defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
+ immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
+ With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
match the <pattern>.
@@ -1603,6 +1612,29 @@ 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.sslVersion::
+ The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
+ want to force the default. The available and default version
+ depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the
+ particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
+ this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
+ documentation for more details on the format of this option and
+ for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
+ this option are:
+
+ - sslv2
+ - sslv3
+ - tlsv1
+ - tlsv1.0
+ - tlsv1.1
+ - tlsv1.2
+
++
+Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' environment variable.
+To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
+explicit http.sslversion option, set 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' to the
+empty string.
+
http.sslCipherList::
A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
@@ -1800,9 +1832,7 @@ log.abbrevCommit::
log.date::
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.
+ `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
log.decorate::
Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
@@ -1811,6 +1841,12 @@ log.decorate::
specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
+log.follow::
+ If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
+ a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
+ i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
+ on non-linear history.
+
log.showRoot::
If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
@@ -1913,6 +1949,18 @@ mergetool.writeToTemp::
mergetool.prompt::
Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
+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"
+ section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
+
+notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
+ Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
+ refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
+ "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in
+ linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.
+
notes.displayRef::
The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
@@ -1941,8 +1989,8 @@ notes.rewriteMode::
When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
"notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
- `overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`. Defaults to
- `concatenate`.
+ `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
+ Defaults to `concatenate`.
+
This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
environment variable.
@@ -2097,9 +2145,9 @@ pull.rebase::
pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
per-branch basis.
+
- When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
- so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
- by running 'git pull'.
+When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
+so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
+by running 'git pull'.
+
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
@@ -2172,6 +2220,28 @@ push.followTags::
may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
'--no-follow-tags'.
+push.gpgSign::
+ May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
+ value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if '--signed' is
+ passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
+ pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
+ '--signed=if-asked' is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
+ override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
+ command-line flag always overrides this config option.
+
+push.recurseSubmodules::
+ Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
+ are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
+ then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
+ revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
+ submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
+ exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
+ submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
+ pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
+ it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
+ is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
+ is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
+ specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
rebase.stat::
Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
@@ -2307,13 +2377,10 @@ receive.denyNonFastForwards::
set when initializing a shared repository.
receive.hideRefs::
- String(s) `receive-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit
- from its initial advertisement. Use more than one
- definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that
- are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this
- variable is excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git
- push`, and an attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by
- `git push` is rejected.
+ This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
+ only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
+ An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
+ rejected.
receive.updateServerInfo::
If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
@@ -2541,6 +2608,16 @@ status.submoduleSummary::
submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
not honor these settings.
+stash.showPatch::
+ If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
+ option will show the stash in patch form. Defaults to false.
+ See description of '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. Defaults to true.
+ See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
+
submodule.<name>.path::
submodule.<name>.url::
The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These
@@ -2601,9 +2678,27 @@ transfer.fsckObjects::
Defaults to false.
transfer.hideRefs::
- This variable can be used to set both `receive.hideRefs`
- and `uploadpack.hideRefs` at the same time to the same
- values. See entries for these other variables.
+ String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
+ refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than
+ one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is
+ under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is
+ excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git
+ fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for
+ program-specific versions of this config.
++
+You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,
+explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.
+If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
+(and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
++
+If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
+reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
+For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
+the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
+is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
+`refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
+"have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
+the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
transfer.unpackLimit::
When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
@@ -2618,13 +2713,10 @@ uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
`false`.
uploadpack.hideRefs::
- String(s) `upload-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit
- from its initial advertisement. Use more than one
- definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that
- are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this
- variable is excluded, and is hidden from `git ls-remote`,
- `git fetch`, etc. An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git
- fetch` will fail. See also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
+ This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
+ only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).
+ An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See
+ also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::
When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`