Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one
git repo inside of another.
ignoredHook::
- Advice shown if an hook is ignored because the hook is not
+ Advice shown if a hook is ignored because the hook is not
set as executable.
waitingForEditor::
Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for
default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
core.ignoreCase::
- If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
+ Internal variable which enables various workarounds to enable
Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
- like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
- "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
+ like APFS, HFS+, FAT, NTFS, etc. For example, if a directory listing
+ finds "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
"Makefile".
+
The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
is created.
++
+Git relies on the proper configuration of this variable for your operating
+and file system. Modifying this value may result in unexpected behavior.
core.precomposeUnicode::
This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
color.decorate.<slot>::
Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
- branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
+ branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively
+ and `grafted` for grafted commits.
color.grep::
When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
`function`;;
function name lines (when using `-p`)
-`linenumber`;;
+`lineNumber`;;
line number prefix (when using `-n`)
+`column`;;
+ column number prefix (when using `--column`)
`match`;;
matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
`matchContext`;;
grep.lineNumber::
If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.
+grep.column::
+ If set to true, enable the `--column` 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`,
submodule.<name>.active::
Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git
commands. This config option takes precedence over the
- submodule.active config option.
+ submodule.active config option. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for
+ details.
submodule.active::
A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a
submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git
- commands.
+ commands. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details.
submodule.recurse::
Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This
repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from
untrusted repositories).
+uploadpack.allowRefInWant::
+ If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support the `ref-in-want`
+ feature of the protocol version 2 `fetch` command. This feature
+ is intended for the benefit of load-balanced servers which may
+ not have the same view of what OIDs their refs point to due to
+ replication delay.
+
url.<base>.insteadOf::
Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a