# Our diff algorithm
[diff]
- external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
+ external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
renames = true
[branch "devel"]
the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
+core.trustctime::
+ If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
+ working copy 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.
+
core.quotepath::
The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
notice. 'git-diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
highlight them, and 'git-apply --whitespace=error' will
- consider them as errors:
+ consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
+ any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
+
* `trailing-space` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
as an error (enabled by default).
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
- given command. Note: if you want to use an external diff
- program only on a subset of your files, you might want to
- use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
+ given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
+ environment variable. The command is called with parameters
+ as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if
+ you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
+ your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If `crlf` is set,
the '-k' mode will be left blank, so cvs clients will
treat it as text. If `crlf` is explicitly unset, the file
- will be set with '-kb' mode, which supresses any newline munging
+ will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
the client might otherwise do. If `crlf` is not specified,
then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].