RelNotes 1.5.3 updates before -rc4

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index aeece848a542cd72894f4bf3f1bb9f67d18d5c3d..3135cb7a66814a5764891641f300be07681c551e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ core.excludesfile::
        of files which are not meant to be tracked.  See
        gitlink:gitignore[5].
 
+core.editor::
+       Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
+       messages by lauching an editor uses the value of this
+       variable when it is set, and the environment variable
+       `GIT_EDITOR` is not set.  The order of preference is
+       `GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and
+       `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
+
 core.pager::
        The command that git will use to paginate output.  Can be overridden
        with the `GIT_PAGER` environment variable.
@@ -309,10 +317,7 @@ branch.autosetupmerge::
        so that gitlink:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
        remote branch.  Note that even if this option is not set,
        this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
-       and `--no-track` options.  This option can have values
-       'false' (never touch the configuration), 'all' (do this
-       for all branches), or 'true' (do this only when
-       branching from a remote tracking branch), and defaults to 'true'.
+       and `--no-track` options.  This option defaults to false.
 
 branch.<name>.remote::
        When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
@@ -388,6 +393,9 @@ color.status.<slot>::
        or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
        these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
 
+commit.template::
+       Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
+
 diff.renameLimit::
        The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
        detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
@@ -570,6 +578,7 @@ merge.verbosity::
        message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
        conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes.  Level 5 and
        above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
+       Can be overriden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
 
 merge.<driver>.name::
        Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level
@@ -592,6 +601,12 @@ pack.depth::
        The maximum delta depth used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
        maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
 
+pack.windowMemory::
+       The window memory size limit used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
+       when no limit is given on the command line.  The value can be
+       suffixed with "k", "m", or "g".  Defaults to 0, meaning no
+       limit.
+
 pack.compression::
        An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
        in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no