format.numbered::
A boolean which can enable sequence numbers in patch subjects.
- Seting this option to "auto" will enable it only if there is
+ Setting this option to "auto" will enable it only if there is
more than one patch. See --numbered option in
gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
If a git command is named, a manual page for that command is brought
up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this
-can be overriden by other options or configuration variables.
+can be overridden by other options or configuration variables.
Note that 'git --help ...' is identical as 'git help ...' because the
former is internally converted into the latter.
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-a|--all::
Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
- option superseeds any other option.
+ option supersedes any other option.
-i|--info::
Use the 'info' program to display the manual page, instead of
these config variables is set, the 'git-help--browse' helper script
(called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default.
+
-You can explicitly provide a full path to your prefered browser by
+You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred browser by
setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example,
you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting
'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git-help--browse' assumes the tool
* "web" or "html" correspond to '-w|--web',
The 'help.browser', 'web.browser' and 'browser.<tool>.path' will also
-be checked if the 'web' format is choosen (either by command line
+be checked if the 'web' format is chosen (either by command line
option or configuration variable). See '-w|--web' in the OPTIONS
section above.
- 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'): Same as 'group', but make the repository
readable by all users.
-By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastforward is enabled
+By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastForwards is enabled
in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non fast-forwarding push
into it.
--quiet::
Don't print anything to standard output. This form of
- git-rev-list is primarly meant to allow the caller to
+ git-rev-list is primarily meant to allow the caller to
test the exit status to see if a range of objects is fully
connected (or not). It is faster than redirecting stdout
to /dev/null as the output does not have to be formatted.
'sendemail.<identity>.<item>' will have higher precedence than
'sendemail.<item>'. This is useful to declare multiple SMTP
identities and to hoist sensitive authentication information
- out of the repository and into the global configuation file.
+ out of the repository and into the global configuration file.
sendemail.aliasesfile::
To avoid typing long email addresses, point this to one or more
The object database contains objects of three main types: blobs, which
hold file data; trees, which point to blobs and other trees to build up
-directory heirarchies; and commits, which each reference a single tree
+directory hierarchies; and commits, which each reference a single tree
and some number of parent commits.
The commit, equivalent to what other systems call a "changeset" or
Named pointers called refs mark interesting points in history. A ref
may contain the SHA1 name of an object or the name of another ref. Refs
with names beginning `ref/head/` contain the SHA1 name of the most
-recent commit (or "head") of a branch under developement. SHA1 names of
+recent commit (or "head") of a branch under development. SHA1 names of
tags of interest are stored under `ref/tags/`. A special ref named
`HEAD` contains the name of the currently checked-out branch.