Merge branch 'maint' of git://repo.or.cz/git-gui into maint

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 61c376057c0f2b9510bf6f1b2beb42f9859b7f46..3727239891321a52d16fa7f9ed73bf172b758c48 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -358,8 +358,13 @@ core.editor::
        `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
 
 core.pager::
-       The command that git will use to paginate output.  Can be overridden
-       with the `GIT_PAGER` environment variable.
+       The command that git will use to paginate output.  Can
+       be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment
+       variable.  Note that git sets the `LESS` environment
+       variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the
+       pager.  One can change these settings by setting the
+       `LESS` variable to some other value or by giving the
+       `core.pager` option a value such as "`less -+FRSX`".
 
 core.whitespace::
        A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
@@ -688,12 +693,12 @@ gitcvs.logfile::
        Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
        various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
 
-gitcvs.usecrlfattr
+gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
        If true, the server will look up the `crlf` attribute for
        files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If `crlf` is set,
        the '-k' mode will be left blank, so cvs clients will
        treat it as text. If `crlf` is explicitly unset, the file
-       will be set with '-kb' mode, which supresses any newline munging
+       will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
        the client might otherwise do. If `crlf` is not specified,
        then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
 
@@ -978,6 +983,13 @@ pack.packSizeLimit::
        can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of
        linkgit:git-repack[1].
 
+pager.<cmd>::
+       Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a
+       particular git subcommand when writing to a tty.  If
+       `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line,
+       it takes precedence over this option.  To disable pagination for
+       all commands, set `core.pager` or 'GIT_PAGER' to "`cat`".
+
 pull.octopus::
        The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
        at once.