to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's
home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
+core.askpass::
+ Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
+ ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
+ via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
+ environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
+ 'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
+ prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
+ command line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
+
core.editor::
Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
the order of the prefixes:
-diff.noprefix::
- If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
`git diff`;;
compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
`git diff HEAD`;;
`git diff --no-index a b`;;
compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
+diff.noprefix::
+ If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
+
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
diff.ignoreSubmodules::
Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
- commands such as 'git diff-files'.
+ commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors
+ this setting when reporting uncommitted changes.
diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
log.date::
- Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
- value is similar to using 'git log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
- following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
- See linkgit:git-log[1].
+ Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
+ Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
+ `\--date` option. Possible values are `relative`, `local`,
+ `default`, `iso`, `rfc`, and `short`; see linkgit:git-log[1]
+ for details.
log.decorate::
Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
to level 6)."
++
+Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
+all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
+to linkgit:git-repack[1].
pack.deltaCacheSize::
The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
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 matching branches.
+* `nothing` - do not push anything.
+* `matching` - push all matching branches.
All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
matching. This is the default.
-* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
-* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
+* `tracking` - push the current branch to its upstream branch.
+* `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
rebase.stat::
Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to \--tags will fetch every
tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
- branch heads.
+ branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
+ override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of
+ linkgit:git-fetch[1].
remote.<name>.vcs::
Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
the untracked files. Possible values are:
+
--
- - 'no' - Show no untracked files
- - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
- - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories.
+* `no` - Show no untracked files.
+* `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
+* `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
--
+
If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.