be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
+
Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
-+
-Currently only linkgit:git-fast-import[1] honors this setting.
core.excludesfile::
In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
doesn't matter.
color.diff::
- When set to `always`, always use colors in patch.
- When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
- colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
+ Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
+ If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
+ linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
+ for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
+ commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
+ Defaults to false.
+ +
+ This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] nor the
+ 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
+ command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
color.diff.<slot>::
Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
color.branch.<slot>.
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.
+ This variable determines the default value for variables such
+ as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
+ per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
+ configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
+ to `always` if you want all output not intended for machine
+ consumption to use color, to `true` or `auto` if you want such
+ output to use color when written to the terminal, or to `false` or
+ `never` if you prefer git commands not to use color unless enabled
+ explicitly with some other configuration or the `--color` option.
commit.status::
A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent
can be set with `--dirstat=<limit>`. Changes in a child directory are not
counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used.
++
+Note that the `--dirstat` option computes the changes while ignoring
+the amount of pure code movements within a file. In other words,
+rearranging lines in a file is not counted as much as other changes.
--dirstat-by-file[=<limit>]::
Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines.
--color[=<when>]::
Show colored diff.
- The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
+ The value must be `always` (the default for `<when>`), `never`, or `auto`.
+ The default value is `never`.
+ ifdef::git-diff[]
+ It can be changed by the `color.ui` and `color.diff`
+ configuration settings.
+ endif::git-diff[]
--no-color::
- Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file
- gives the default to color output.
- Same as `--color=never`.
+ Turn off colored diff.
+ ifdef::git-diff[]
+ This can be used to override configuration settings.
+ endif::git-diff[]
+ It is the same as `--color=never`.
--word-diff[=<mode>]::
Show a word diff, using the <mode> to delimit changed words.
For following files across renames while traversing history, see
`--follow`.
endif::git-log[]
- If `n` is specified, it is a is a threshold on the similarity
+ If `n` is specified, it is a threshold on the similarity
index (i.e. amount of addition/deletions compared to the
file's size). For example, `-M90%` means git should consider a
delete/add pair to be a rename if more than 90% of the file