status: introduce status.short to enable --short by default

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 21d4447cb4fe38037da6d0406edd7a56890c9745..1983bf7427fc4b68244978a94525a3e23259b7f8 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ repository's usual working tree).
 core.logAllRefUpdates::
        Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
        "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
-       SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
+       SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
        only when the file exists.  If this configuration
        variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
        file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
@@ -807,7 +807,8 @@ color.branch::
 color.branch.<slot>::
        Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
        `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
-       `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
+       `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
+       `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
        refs).
 +
 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
@@ -1103,11 +1104,11 @@ format.thread::
        value disables threading.
 
 format.signoff::
-    A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
-    format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
-    patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
-    the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
-    Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
+       A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
+       format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
+       patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
+       the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
+       Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
 
 format.coverLetter::
        A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
@@ -1224,7 +1225,7 @@ gitcvs.dbname::
 
 gitcvs.dbdriver::
        Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
-        for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
+       for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
        with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
        reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
        May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
@@ -2065,6 +2066,10 @@ status.relativePaths::
        relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
        prior to v1.5.4).
 
+status.short::
+       Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
+       The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
+
 status.showUntrackedFiles::
        By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
        files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which