Imported Upstream version 2.15.0

[platform/upstream/git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 2271809..1ac0ae6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -776,6 +776,12 @@ core.commentChar::
 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
 
+core.filesRefLockTimeout::
+       The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
+       lock an individual reference. Value 0 means not to retry at
+       all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e.,
+       retry for 100ms).
+
 core.packedRefsTimeout::
        The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
        lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
@@ -1077,14 +1083,25 @@ This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands.  Can be overridden on the
 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
 
+diff.colorMoved::
+       If set to either a valid `<mode>` or a true value, moved lines
+       in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes
+       see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. If simply set to
+       true the default color mode will be used. When set to false,
+       moved lines are not colored.
+
 color.diff.<slot>::
        Use customized color for diff colorization.  `<slot>` specifies
        which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
        of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
        `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
        (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
-       `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
-       (highlighting whitespace errors).
+       `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), `whitespace`
+       (highlighting whitespace errors), `oldMoved` (deleted lines),
+       `newMoved` (added lines), `oldMovedDimmed`, `oldMovedAlternative`,
+       `oldMovedAlternativeDimmed`, `newMovedDimmed`, `newMovedAlternative`
+       and `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>'
+       setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details).
 
 color.decorate.<slot>::
        Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output.  `<slot>` is one
@@ -1553,11 +1570,13 @@ gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
 gc.rerereResolved::
        Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
        kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
+       You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
        The default is 60 days.  See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
 
 gc.rerereUnresolved::
        Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
        kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
+       You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
        The default is 15 days.  See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
 
 gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
@@ -3066,10 +3085,14 @@ submodule.<name>.url::
        See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
 
 submodule.<name>.update::
-       The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable
-       is populated by `git submodule init` from the
-       linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. See description of 'update'
-       command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
+       The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',
+       which is the only affected command, others such as
+       'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for
+       historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to
+       interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`
+       and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by
+       `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file.
+       See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
 
 submodule.<name>.branch::
        The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule