Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.2.1-147-g642d0
diff --git a/config.txt b/config.txt index 56bd781..44916b9 100644 --- a/config.txt +++ b/config.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric -characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable +characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable must belong to some section, which means that there must be section header before first setting of a variable. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ -------- Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote -'`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`', +`"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`, respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ 'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true". The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric -characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value +characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued. Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded. @@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';'). -Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must -be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'. +Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable value must +be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`. -The following escape sequences (beside '`\"`' and '`\\`') are recognized: -'`\n`' for newline character (NL), '`\t`' for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) -and '`\b`' for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal +The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized: +`\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) +and `\b` for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal char sequences are valid. -Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the +Variable value ending in a `\` is continued on the next line in the customary UNIX fashion. Some variables may require special value format. @@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ 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 @@ -382,9 +387,9 @@ to override git's default settings this way, you need to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager` - to "`less -+$LESS -FRX`". This will be passed to the + to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the shell by git, which will translate the final command to - "`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`". + `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`. core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to @@ -1161,7 +1166,7 @@ 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`". + all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`. pull.octopus:: The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
