branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.8.0.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0.2]
+* link:v1.8.1.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.1.4]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.1.4.txt[1.8.1.4],
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.1.3.txt[1.8.1.3],
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.1.2.txt[1.8.1.2],
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.1.1.txt[1.8.1.1],
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.1.txt[1.8.1].
+
+* link:v1.8.0.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0.3]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.0.3.txt[1.8.0.3],
link:RelNotes/1.8.0.2.txt[1.8.0.2],
link:RelNotes/1.8.0.1.txt[1.8.0.1],
link:RelNotes/1.8.0.txt[1.8.0].
Configuration Mechanism
-----------------------
-Starting from 0.99.9 (actually mid 0.99.8.GIT), `.git/config` file
-is used to hold per-repository configuration options. It is a
-simple text file modeled after `.ini` format familiar to some
-people. Here is an example:
+Git uses a simple text format to store customizations that are per
+repository and are per user. Such a configuration file may look
+like this:
------------
#
; user identity
[user]
name = "Junio C Hamano"
- email = "junkio@twinsun.com"
+ email = "gitster@pobox.com"
------------
Various commands read from the configuration file and adjust
their operation accordingly. See linkgit:git-config[1] for a
-list.
+list and more details about the configuration mechanism.
Identifier Terminology
and read the password from its STDOUT. See also the 'core.askpass'
option in linkgit:git-config[1].
+'GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM'::
+ Whether to skip reading settings from the system-wide
+ `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` file. This environment variable can
+ be used along with `$HOME` and `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` to create a
+ predictable environment for a picky script, or you can set it
+ temporarily to avoid using a buggy `/etc/gitconfig` file while
+ waiting for someone with sufficient permissions to fix it.
+
'GIT_FLUSH'::
If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such
as 'git blame' (in incremental mode), 'git rev-list', 'git log',
-------
Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio
C Hamano. Numerous contributions have come from the git mailing list
-<git@vger.kernel.org>. If you have a clone of git.git itself, the
+<git@vger.kernel.org>. http://www.ohloh.net/p/git/contributors/summary
+gives you a more complete list of contributors.
+
+If you have a clone of git.git itself, the
output of linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1] can show you
the authors for specific parts of the project.