`.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
include the dot if you want it).
+format.pretty::
+ The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
+ See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
+ linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
+
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
merge.tool::
Controls which merge resolution program is used by
- linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
- "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and "opendiff".
+ linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3",
+ "tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and
+ "opendiff". Any other value is treated is custom merge tool
+ and there must be a corresponing mergetool.<tool>.cmd option.
merge.verbosity::
Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
your tool is not in the PATH.
+mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
+ Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
+ specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
+ variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
+ containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
+ 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
+ the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
+ file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
+ merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
+ tool should write the results of a successful merge.
+
+mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
+ For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
+ the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
+ successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
+ timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
+ if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
+ indicate the success of the merge.
+
+mergetool.keepBackup::
+ After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
+ can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
+ is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
+ `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
+
pack.window::
The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
remote.<name>.receivepack::
The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
- option \--exec of linkgit:git-push[1].
+ option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
remote.<name>.uploadpack::
The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
- option \--exec of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
+ option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
remote.<name>.tagopt::
- Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when fetching
- from remote <name>
+ Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
+ fetching from remote <name>
remotes.<group>::
The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
-receive.fsckObjects::
- If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
- objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
- broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
- The default value is true.
-
receive.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects received in a push is below this
limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object