From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Ogilvie Subject: [PATCH 2/2] config documentation: some configs are auto-set by git-init Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:07:30 -0700 Message-ID: <1258942050-11423-3-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> References: <1258942050-11423-1-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> <1258942050-11423-2-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> Cc: Matthew Ogilvie To: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Nov 23 03:08:34 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NCOLV-0008Os-B3 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:08:05 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756030AbZKWCHo (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:07:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755664AbZKWCHn (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:07:43 -0500 Received: from qmta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.64]:33727 "EHLO QMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754065AbZKWCHn (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:07:43 -0500 Received: from OMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.52]) by QMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 8RVP1d00417UAYkA7S7qWU; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:07:50 +0000 Received: from mmogilvi.homeip.net ([24.8.125.243]) by OMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 8S7p1d0035FCJCg8ZS7poD; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:07:50 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (bean [192.168.30.96]) by mmogilvi.homeip.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4237789114; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:07:48 -0700 (MST) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.4.GIT In-Reply-To: <1258942050-11423-2-git-send-email-mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Add documentation for core.ignorecase, and mention git-init in core.filemode and core.symlinks. Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie --- Documentation/config.txt | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 78ee906..b2ee139 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ advice.*:: core.fileMode:: If false, the executable bit differences between the index and the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT. - See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default. + See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. ++ +The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the +repository is created. core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks:: This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false, @@ -144,6 +148,18 @@ core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks:: is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode. +core.ignorecase:: + If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable + git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, + like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds + "makefile" when git expects "Makefile", git will assume + it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as + "Makefile". ++ +The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository +is created. + core.trustctime:: If false, the ctime differences between the index and the working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time @@ -223,7 +239,11 @@ core.symlinks:: contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support - symbolic links. True by default. + symbolic links. ++ +The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository +is created. core.gitProxy:: A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead -- 1.6.4.GIT