`foo.bar` to the boolean true value (just like `[foo]bar` would in a
config file). Including the equals but with an empty value (like `git -c
foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config
---bool` will convert to `false`.
+--type=bool` will convert to `false`.
--exec-path[=<path>]::
Path to wherever your core Git programs are installed.
of Git object directories which can be used to search for Git
objects. New objects will not be written to these directories.
+
- Entries that begin with `"` (double-quote) will be interpreted
- as C-style quoted paths, removing leading and trailing
- double-quotes and respecting backslash escapes. E.g., the value
- `"path-with-\"-and-:-in-it":vanilla-path` has two paths:
- `path-with-"-and-:-in-it` and `vanilla-path`.
+Entries that begin with `"` (double-quote) will be interpreted
+as C-style quoted paths, removing leading and trailing
+double-quotes and respecting backslash escapes. E.g., the value
+`"path-with-\"-and-:-in-it":vanilla-path` has two paths:
+`path-with-"-and-:-in-it` and `vanilla-path`.
`GIT_DIR`::
If the `GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it
The command-line parameters passed to the configured command are
determined by the ssh variant. See `ssh.variant` option in
linkgit:git-config[1] for details.
-
+
`$GIT_SSH_COMMAND` takes precedence over `$GIT_SSH`, and is interpreted
by the shell, which allows additional arguments to be included.
+
Alternatively, if the variable is set to an absolute path
(starting with a '/' character), Git will interpret this
-as a file path and will try to write the trace messages
-into it.
+as a file path and will try to append the trace messages
+to it.
+
Unsetting the variable, or setting it to empty, "0" or
"false" (case insensitive) disables trace messages.
Report bugs to the Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org> where the
development and maintenance is primarily done. You do not have to be
-subscribed to the list to send a message there.
+subscribed to the list to send a message there. See the list archive
+at https://public-inbox.org/git for previous bug reports and other
+discussions.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to
the Git Security mailing list <git-security@googlegroups.com>.