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 e7848055a90c38f48ad7180cb538d0b00e482710..3727239891321a52d16fa7f9ed73bf172b758c48 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Example
 
        # Our diff algorithm
        [diff]
-               external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
+               external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
                renames = true
 
        [branch "devel"]
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ core.fileMode::
        the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
        See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
 
+core.trustctime::
+       If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
+       working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time
+       is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
+       crawlers and some backup systems).
+       See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
+
 core.quotepath::
        The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
        'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
@@ -351,14 +358,20 @@ 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
        notice.  'git-diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
        highlight them, and 'git-apply --whitespace=error' will
-       consider them as errors:
+       consider them as errors.  You can prefix `-` to disable
+       any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
 +
 * `trailing-space` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
   as an error (enabled by default).
@@ -562,9 +575,11 @@ diff.autorefreshindex::
 diff.external::
        If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
        performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
-       given command.  Note: if you want to use an external diff
-       program only on a subset of your files, you might want to
-       use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
+       given command.  Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
+       environment variable.  The command is called with parameters
+       as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1].  Note: if
+       you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
+       your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
 
 diff.renameLimit::
        The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
@@ -678,12 +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].
 
@@ -968,6 +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.