it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
statusHints::
Show directions on how to proceed from the current
- state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1] and in
+ state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
the template shown when writing commit messages in
- linkgit:git-commit[1].
+ linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
+ by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
commitBeforeMerge::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
resolveConflict::
- Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
+ Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
prevent the operation from being performed.
implicitIdentity::
Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
`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
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
- sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
- characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
-
fetch.recurseSubmodules::
This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
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
+
This is currently the default, but Git 2.0 will change the default
to `simple`.
-* `upstream` - push the current branch to its upstream branch.
+* `upstream` - push the current branch to its upstream branch
+ (`tracking` is a deprecated synonym for this).
With this, `git push` will update the same remote ref as the one which
is merged by `git pull`, making `push` and `pull` symmetrical.
See "branch.<name>.merge" for how to configure the upstream branch.