specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
statusHints::
- Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
- output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
- when writing commit messages.
+ Show directions on how to proceed from the current
+ state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1] and in
+ the template shown when writing commit messages in
+ linkgit:git-commit[1].
commitBeforeMerge::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository
is created.
+core.precomposeunicode::
+ This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of git.
+ When core.precomposeunicode=true, git reverts the unicode decomposition
+ of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
+ between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
+ (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or git under cygwin 1.7).
+ When false, file names are handled fully transparent by git,
+ which is backward compatible with older versions of git.
+
core.trustctime::
If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
'.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
of files which are not meant to be tracked. "`~/`" is expanded
to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the specified user's
- home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
+ home directory. Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore.
+ If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore
+ is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
core.askpass::
Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
'.git/info/attributes', git looks into this file for attributes
(see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
- way as for `core.excludesfile`.
+ way as for `core.excludesfile`. Its default value is
+ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not
+ set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead.
core.editor::
Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
`LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately,
these settings can be overridden on a project or
global basis by setting the `core.pager` option.
- Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS`
+ Setting `core.pager` has no effect on the `LESS`
environment variable behaviour above, so if you want
to override git's default settings this way, you need
to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option
in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager`
- to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the
- shell by git, which will translate the final command to
- `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`.
+ to `less -+S`. This will be passed to the shell by
+ git, which will translate the final command to
+ `LESS=FRSX less -+S`.
core.whitespace::
A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
* `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
error (enabled by default).
-* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
- space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
+* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
+ characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
+ default).
* `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
the line as an error (not enabled by default).
* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
make equal size columns
--
+
- This option defaults to 'never'.
+This option defaults to 'never'.
column.branch::
Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
grep.lineNumber::
If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
+grep.patternType::
+ Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
+ 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp',
+ '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the
+ value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
+
grep.extendedRegexp::
- If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
+ If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This
+ option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value
+ other than 'default'.
gpg.program::
Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when
no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
line. Possible values are:
+
+--
* `nothing` - do not push anything.
* `matching` - push all branches having the same name in both ends.
This is for those who prepare all the branches into a publishable
option and is well-suited for beginners. It will become the default
in Git 2.0.
* `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
- +
- The `simple`, `current` and `upstream` modes are for those who want to
- push out a single branch after finishing work, even when the other
- branches are not yet ready to be pushed out. If you are working with
- other people to push into the same shared repository, you would want
- to use one of these.
+--
++
+The `simple`, `current` and `upstream` modes are for those who want to
+push out a single branch after finishing work, even when the other
+branches are not yet ready to be pushed out. If you are working with
+other people to push into the same shared repository, you would want
+to use one of these.
rebase.stat::
Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last