when writing commit messages. Default: true.
commitBeforeMerge::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
- merge to avoid overwritting local changes.
+ merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
Default: true.
resolveConflict::
Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
- that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the
+ that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
objects multiple times.
am.keepcr::
If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
- not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overrriden
+ not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If
the attributes force git to treat a file as text,
- the '-k' mode will be left blank so cvs clients will
+ the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
instaweb.modulepath::
- The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
+ The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
+ instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
+ is Apache.
instaweb.port::
The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
+receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
+ If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
+ deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
+
receive.denyCurrentBranch::
If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
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
summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
--summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
+submodule.<name>.path::
+submodule.<name>.url::
+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.
+
tar.umask::
This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the