branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
+* link:v1.7.0.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.2]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes-1.7.0.2.txt[1.7.0.2],
+ link:RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt[1.7.0.1],
+ link:RelNotes-1.7.0.txt[1.7.0].
+
* link:v1.6.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.2]
* release notes for
-p::
--paginate::
- Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER).
+ Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER) if standard
+ output is a terminal. This overrides the `pager.<cmd>`
+ configuration options (see the "Configuration Mechanism" section
+ below).
--no-pager::
Do not pipe git output into a pager.
------------
Various commands read from the configuration file and adjust
-their operation accordingly.
+their operation accordingly. See linkgit:git-config[1] for a
+list.
Identifier Terminology
linkgit:git-config[1].
'GIT_SSH'::
- If this environment variable is set then 'git-fetch'
- and 'git-push' will use this command instead
+ If this environment variable is set then 'git fetch'
+ and 'git push' will use this command instead
of 'ssh' when they need to connect to a remote system.
The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two arguments:
the 'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the
'GIT_FLUSH'::
If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such
- as 'git-blame' (in incremental mode), 'git-rev-list', 'git-log',
- and 'git-whatchanged' will force a flush of the output stream
+ as 'git blame' (in incremental mode), 'git rev-list', 'git log',
+ and 'git whatchanged' will force a flush of the output stream
after each commit-oriented record have been flushed. If this
variable is set to "0", the output of these commands will be done
using completely buffered I/O. If this environment variable is