Merge branch 'nd/versioncmp-prereleases'

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ae6791db128130080915bf127cfa66b850921f43..35a5198856184f3e9f28bca2544de87a016c4b50 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -683,14 +683,13 @@ core.abbrev::
        for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long
        time.
 
-add.ignore-errors::
 add.ignoreErrors::
+add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
        Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
        added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
-       option of linkgit:git-add[1].  Older versions of Git accept only
-       `add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming
-       convention for configuration variables.  Newer versions of Git
-       honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well.
+       option of linkgit:git-add[1].  `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
+       as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
+       variables.
 
 alias.*::
        Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
@@ -957,9 +956,11 @@ color.status.<slot>::
        `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
        `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
        `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
-       `branch` (the current branch), or
+       `branch` (the current branch),
        `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
-       to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
+       to red), or
+       `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
+       The values of these variables may be specified as in
        color.branch.<slot>.
 
 color.ui::
@@ -1740,6 +1741,13 @@ log.mailmap::
        If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
        linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
 
+mailinfo.scissors::
+       If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
+       linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
+       was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
+       removes everything from the message body before a scissors
+       line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
+
 mailmap.file::
        The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
        mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
@@ -1960,7 +1968,7 @@ pack.useBitmaps::
        true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
        you are debugging pack bitmaps.
 
-pack.writebitmaps::
+pack.writebitmaps (deprecated)::
        This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
 
 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
@@ -2306,7 +2314,7 @@ sendemail.smtpencryption::
        See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.  Note that this
        setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
 
-sendemail.smtpssl::
+sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
        Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'.
 
 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
@@ -2346,7 +2354,7 @@ sendemail.validate::
 sendemail.xmailer::
        See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
 
-sendemail.signedoffcc::
+sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
        Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
 
 showbranch.default::
@@ -2411,12 +2419,16 @@ status.submodulesummary::
 
 submodule.<name>.path::
 submodule.<name>.url::
+       The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These
+       variables are initially populated by 'git submodule init'. See
+       linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for
+       details.
+
 submodule.<name>.update::
-       The path within this project, URL, and the updating strategy
-       for a submodule.  These variables are initially populated
-       by 'git submodule init'; edit them to override the
-       URL and other values found in the `.gitmodules` file.  See
-       linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
+       The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable
+       is populated by `git submodule init` from the
+       linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. See description of 'update'
+       command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
 
 submodule.<name>.branch::
        The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
@@ -2548,6 +2560,18 @@ user.signingkey::
        This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
        so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
 
+versionsort.prereleaseSuffix::
+       When version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], prerelease
+       tags (e.g. "1.0-rc1") may appear after the main release
+       "1.0". By specifying the suffix "-rc" in this variable,
+       "1.0-rc1" will appear before "1.0".
++
+This variable can be specified multiple times, once per suffix. The
+order of suffixes in the config file determines the sorting order
+(e.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the config file then 1.0-preXX
+is sorted before 1.0-rcXX). The sorting order between different
+suffixes is undefined if they are in multiple config files.
+
 web.browser::
        Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
        Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]