The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either
a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
-0/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
+0/1, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier;
'git-config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
- user's umask value, and thus, users with a safe umask (0077) can use
- this option. Examples: '0660' is equivalent to 'group'. '0640' is a
+ user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
+ requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
+ the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
+ others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
This option defaults to never.
branch.<name>.remote::
- When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' which remote to fetch.
- If this option is not given, 'git-fetch' defaults to remote "origin".
+ When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' and 'git-push' which
+ remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is
+ configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch.
branch.<name>.merge::
+ Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
+ for the given branch. It tells 'git-fetch'/'git-pull' which
+ branch to merge and can also affect 'git-push' (see push.default).
When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' the default
refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
+diff.tool::
+ Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides
+ `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has
+ the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge"
+ and plus "kompare".
+
+difftool.<tool>.path::
+ Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
+ your tool is not in the PATH.
+
+difftool.<tool>.cmd::
+ Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
+ The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
+ variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
+ file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
+ is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
+ of the diff post-image.
+
+difftool.prompt::
+ Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
+
diff.wordRegex::
A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
value disables threading.
+format.signoff::
+ A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
+ format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
+ patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
+ the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
+ Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
+
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults
Defines the action git push should take if no refspec is given
on the command line, no refspec is configured in the remote, and
no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
- line.
-+
-The term `current remote` means the remote configured for the current
-branch, or `origin` if no remote is configured. `origin` is also used
-if you are not on any branch. Possible values are:
+ line. Possible values are:
+
* `nothing` do not push anything.
-* `matching` push all matching branches to the current remote.
+* `matching` push all matching branches.
All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
- matching. This is the current default value.
-* `tracking` push the current branch to the branch it is tracking.
-* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name on the
- current remote.
+ 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.
rebase.stat::
Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last