config.txt: Describe special 'none' handling in core.gitProxy.

Signed-off-by: Emil Sit <sit@emilsit.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 70fd172c6b20613a6893db2fe0f2183482f8b926..44916b9e7f51073afdcbbf641702e6dda036aa41 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ core.gitProxy::
 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
 handling).
 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
 handling).

++
+The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
+specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
+This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
+proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.

 
 core.ignoreStat::
        If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
 
 core.ignoreStat::
        If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index