"text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is
decided purely based on the contents.
+core.safecrlf::
+ If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by
+ `core.autocrlf` is reversible. Git will verify if a command
+ modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
+ For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
+ same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
+ this is not the case for the current setting of
+ `core.autocrlf`, git will reject the file. The variable can
+ be set to "warn", in which case git will only warn about an
+ irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
++
+CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
+autocrlf=true will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
+CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
+CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by git. For text
+files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
+such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
+But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
+conversion can corrupt data.
++
+If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
+setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
+after committing you still have the original file in your work
+tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
+git that this file is binary and git will handle the file
+appropriately.
++
+Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
+mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
+files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
+in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
+to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
+converting CRLFs corrupts data.
++
+Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
+file identical to the original file for a different setting of
+`core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For example, a text
+file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.autocrlf=input` and could
+later be checked out with `core.autocrlf=true`, in which case the
+resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
+contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
+consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
+file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
+mechanism.
+
core.symlinks::
If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
error (enabled by default).
* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
+* `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
+ part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
+ does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
+ is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
alias.*::
Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
branch.autosetupmerge::
Tells `git-branch` and `git-checkout` to setup new branches
- so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
- remote branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
+ so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
+ starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
- and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to true.
+ and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
+ automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
+ starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
+ done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
+ branch. This option defaults to true.
branch.<name>.remote::
When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
branch.<name>.rebase::
When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
- instead of merging the default branch from the default remote.
+ instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
+ "git pull" is run.
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
for details).
+browser.<tool>.cmd::
+ Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
+ specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
+ as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].)
+
browser.<tool>.path::
Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
commit.template::
Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
+color.ui::
+ When set to `always`, always use colors in all git commands which
+ are capable of colored output. When false (or `never`), never. When
+ set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is to the
+ terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
+ take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
+
diff.autorefreshindex::
When using `git diff` to compare with work tree
files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
`.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
When there are more than this many packs that are not
marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
--auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
- default value is 20. Setting this to 0 disables it.
+ default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
gc.packrefs::
`git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to
prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from `git gc`.
+gc.pruneexpire::
+ When `git gc` is run, it will call `prune --expire 2.weeks.ago`.
+ Override the grace period with this config variable.
+
gc.reflogexpire::
`git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
this time; defaults to 90 days.
'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
+gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
+ Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
+ database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
+ for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
+ linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
+ characters will be replaced with underscores.
+
All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be
specified as 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
+man.viewer::
+ Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
+ 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
+
merge.summary::
Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
merge commit messages. False by default.
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.
warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
is however multiplied by the number of threads.
+ Specifying 0 will cause git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
+ and set the number of threads accordingly.
pack.indexVersion::
Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB. Otherwise
the default is 1.
+pack.packSizeLimit::
+ The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
+ packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It
+ can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of
+ linkgit:git-repack[1].
+
pull.octopus::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
at once.
archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
linkgit:git-archive[1].
+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
+ large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
+ access methods, and some users need to use different access
+ methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
+ equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to
+ the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
+ never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
+ insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
+
user.email::
Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and