compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
slowest.
+core.legacyheaders::
+ A boolean which enables the legacy object header format in case
+ you want to interoperate with old clients accessing the object
+ database directly (where the "http://" and "rsync://" protocols
+ count as direct access).
+
alias.*::
Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
+pager.color::
+ A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
+ use (default is true).
+
diff.color::
When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use
See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
tar.umask::
- By default, git-link:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
+ By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
- git-link:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
+ gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
- the same permissions as git-link:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
+ the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
value remains 0, which means world read-write.
user.email::