Includes
~~~~~~~~
+The `include` and `includeIf` sections allow you to include config
+directives from another source. These sections behave identically to
+each other with the exception that `includeIf` sections may be ignored
+if their condition does not evaluate to true; see "Conditional includes"
+below.
+
You can include a config file from another by setting the special
-`include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The
-variable takes a pathname as its value, and is subject to tilde
-expansion. `include.path` can be given multiple times.
+`include.path` (or `includeIf.*.path`) variable to the name of the file
+to be included. The variable takes a pathname as its value, and is
+subject to tilde expansion. These variables can be given multiple times.
-The included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
-found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
-`include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to
+The contents of the included file are inserted immediately, as if they
+had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
+variable is a relative path, the path is considered to
be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive
was found. See below for examples.
You can include a config file from another conditionally by setting a
`includeIf.<condition>.path` variable to the name of the file to be
-included. The variable's value is treated the same way as
-`include.path`. `includeIf.<condition>.path` can be given multiple times.
+included.
The condition starts with a keyword followed by a colon and some data
whose format and meaning depends on the keyword. Supported keywords
* Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching.
+ * Both the symlink & realpath versions of paths will be matched
+ outside of `$GIT_DIR`. E.g. if ~/git is a symlink to
+ /mnt/storage/git, both `gitdir:~/git` and `gitdir:/mnt/storage/git`
+ will match.
++
+This was not the case in the initial release of this feature in
+v2.13.0, which only matched the realpath version. Configuration that
+wants to be compatible with the initial release of this feature needs
+to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions.
+
* Note that "../" is not special and will match literally, which is
unlikely what you want.
[include]
path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
- path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
- path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your `$HOME` directory
+ path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file
+ path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory
; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git
[includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"]
[includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"]
path = /path/to/foo.inc
+ ; relative paths are always relative to the including
+ ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not
+ ; affected by the condition
+ [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
+ path = foo.inc
+
Values
~~~~~~
is to be honored.
+
Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
-marked as executable is checked out, or checks out an
+marked as executable is checked out, or checks out a
non-executable file with executable bit on.
linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
+log.showSignature::
+ If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
+ linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--show-signature`.
+
log.mailmap::
If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
capability, set this variable to false.
receive.advertisePushOptions::
- By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
- capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
- capability, set this variable to false.
+ When set to true, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
+ capability to its clients. False by default.
receive.autogc::
By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after