You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
don't need to.
-There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
-In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
-names.
+There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
+syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
+compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
+restrictions as section names.
All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
core.fileMode::
If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
- the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
+ the working tree are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
+
The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
core.trustctime::
If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
- working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time
+ working tree 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.
If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
- working copy, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
+ working tree, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
variable when it is set, and the environment variable
`GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
+sequence.editor::
+ Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase insn file.
+ The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
+ It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
+ When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
+
core.pager::
The command that git will use to paginate output. Can
be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment
branch.<name>.rebase::
When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
- "git pull" is run.
- *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
- it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
- for details).
+ "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
+ branch-specific manner.
++
+*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
+it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
+for details).
browser.<tool>.cmd::
Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
reference.
+fetch.fsckObjects::
+ If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
+ objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
+ broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
+ Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
+ is used instead.
+
fetch.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects fetched over the git native
transfer is below this
is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
access method.
+gitweb.category::
+gitweb.description::
+gitweb.owner::
+gitweb.url::
+ See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
+
+gitweb.avatar::
+gitweb.blame::
+gitweb.grep::
+gitweb.highlight::
+gitweb.patches::
+gitweb.pickaxe::
+gitweb.remote_heads::
+gitweb.showsizes::
+gitweb.snapshot::
+ See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
+
grep.lineNumber::
If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
You may also specify this configuration several times.
+
Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
-enable note rewriting.
+enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
+rewriting for the default commit notes.
+
This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
will be silently ignored.
+pull.rebase::
+ When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
+ of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
+ pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
+ per-branch basis.
++
+*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
+it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
+for details).
+
pull.octopus::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
at once.
If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
- Defaults to false.
+ Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
+ is used instead.
receive.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects received in a push is below this
archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
linkgit:git-archive[1].
+transfer.fsckObjects::
+ When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
+ not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
+ Defaults to false.
+
transfer.unpackLimit::
When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
not set, the value of this variable is used instead.