pull --rebase: Avoid spurious conflicts and reapplying unnecessary patches

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 8d3397c69b2be6d872bf89774f620fb467f0300e..4c36aa95b7d3fc0d456d42bbdfdf5a118931094b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ advice.*::
                Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
                merge to avoid overwritting local changes.
                Default: true.
+       resolveConflict::
+               Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
+               prevent the operation from being performed.
+               Default: true.
+       implicitIdentity::
+               Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
+               your information is guessed from the system username and
+               domain name. Default: true.
 --
 
 core.fileMode::
@@ -409,6 +417,20 @@ You probably do not need to adjust this value.
 +
 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
 
+core.bigFileThreshold::
+       Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
+       attempting delta compression.  Storing large files without
+       delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
+       slight expense of increased disk usage.
++
+Default is 512 MiB on all platforms.  This should be reasonable
+for most projects as source code and other text files can still
+be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
++
+Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
++
+Currently only linkgit:git-fast-import[1] honors this setting.
+
 core.excludesfile::
        In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
        '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
@@ -502,6 +524,10 @@ notes should be printed.
 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by
 the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.
 
+core.sparseCheckout::
+       Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
+       linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
+
 add.ignore-errors::
        Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
        added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
@@ -652,14 +678,6 @@ color.grep::
        `never`), never.  When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
        when the output is written to the terminal.  Defaults to `false`.
 
-color.grep.external::
-       The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep'
-       command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned
-       on.  If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all,
-       turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default.
-       For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even
-       when a pager is used.
-
 color.grep.match::
        Use customized color for matches.  The value of this variable
        may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.  It is passed using
@@ -712,6 +730,11 @@ color.ui::
        terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
        take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
 
+commit.status::
+       A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
+       commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
+       message.  Defaults to true.
+
 commit.template::
        Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
        "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the
@@ -878,7 +901,7 @@ gc.packrefs::
        Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
        unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
        transports such as HTTP.  This variable determines whether
-       'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to "nobare"
+       'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `nobare`
        to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
        boolean value.  The default is `true`.
 
@@ -1136,6 +1159,12 @@ http.maxRequests::
        How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
        by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
 
+http.minSessions::
+       The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
+       requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
+       http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
+       value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
+
 http.postBuffer::
        Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
        transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
@@ -1339,10 +1368,13 @@ you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
 the `{asterisk}.idx` file.
 
 pack.packSizeLimit::
-       The default maximum size of a pack.  This setting only affects
-       packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected.  It
-       can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of
-       linkgit:git-repack[1].
+       The maximum size of a pack.  This setting only affects
+       packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
+       is unaffected.  It can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size`
+       option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is
+       limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited.
+       Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
+       supported.
 
 pager.<cmd>::
        Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a