core.fileMode::
If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
- the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
+ the working tree are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
+
The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
core.trustctime::
If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
- working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time
+ working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
crawlers and some backup systems).
See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
- working copy, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
+ working tree, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
rerere.enabled::
Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
- conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
- be encountered again. linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by
- default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
- `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
+ conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
+ encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
+ enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
+ `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
+ repository.
sendemail.identity::
A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the