Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.6.1-156-ge903b
diff --git a/git-config.html b/git-config.html index 8b21f4c..d2df6d3 100644 --- a/git-config.html +++ b/git-config.html
@@ -273,19 +273,19 @@ <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> <div class="verseblock"> -<div class="content"><em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]] -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] [type] --add name value -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex] -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex] -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex] -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex] -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] --remove-section name -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] --get-color name [default] -<em>git-config</em> [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]</div></div> +<div class="content"><em>git config</em> [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]] +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] [type] --add name value +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex] +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex] +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex] +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex] +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] --remove-section name +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] --get-color name [default] +<em>git config</em> [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]</div></div> </div> <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ you want to handle the lines that do <strong>not</strong> match the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <a href="#EXAMPLES">[EXAMPLES]</a>).</p> <p>The type specifier can be either <em>--int</em> or <em>--bool</em>, which will make -<em>git-config</em> ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and +<tt>git-config</tt> ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int, a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the value.</p> @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ </dt> <dd> <p> - git-config will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" + <tt>git-config</tt> will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" </p> </dd> <dt> @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ </dt> <dd> <p> - git-config will ensure that the output is a simple + <tt>git-config</tt> will ensure that the output is a simple decimal number. An optional value suffix of <em>k</em>, <em>m</em>, or <em>g</em> in the config file will cause the value to be multiplied by 1024, 1048576, or 1073741824 prior to output. @@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ <h2><a id="FILES"></a>FILES</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> <p>If not set explicitly with <em>--file</em>, there are three files where -git-config will search for configuration options:</p> +<tt>git-config</tt> will search for configuration options:</p> <dl> <dt> $GIT_DIR/config @@ -573,11 +573,11 @@ <p>If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration -file is not available or readable, git-config will exit with a non-zero +file is not available or readable, <tt>git-config</tt> will exit with a non-zero error code. However, in neither case will an error message be issued.</p> <p>All writing options will per default write to the repository specific configuration file. Note that this also affects options like <em>--replace-all</em> -and <em>--unset</em>. <strong>git-config will only ever change one file at a time</strong>.</p> +and <em>--unset</em>. <strong><tt>git-config</tt> will only ever change one file at a time</strong>.</p> <p>You can override these rules either by command line options or by environment variables. The <em>--global</em> and the <em>--system</em> options will limit the file used to the global or system-wide file respectively. The GIT_CONFIG environment @@ -2300,10 +2300,17 @@ legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted - packs. Version 2 is selected and this config option ignored - whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB. Otherwise - the default is 1. + packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced + and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is + larger than 2 GB. </p> +<p>If you have an old git that does not understand the version 2 <tt>*.idx</tt> file, +cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync") +that will copy both <tt>*.pack</tt> file and corresponding <tt>*.idx</tt> file from the +other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your +older version of git. If the <tt>*.pack</tt> file is smaller than 2 GB, however, +you can use <a href="git-index-pack.html">git-index-pack(1)</a> on the *.pack file to regenerate +the <tt>*.idx</tt> file.</p> </dd> <dt> pack.packSizeLimit @@ -2429,8 +2436,12 @@ </dt> <dd> <p> - Allow <a href="git-repack.html">git-repack(1)</a> to create packs that uses - delta-base offset. Defaults to false. + By default, <a href="git-repack.html">git-repack(1)</a> creates packs that use + delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with + git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb + protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to + "false" and repack. Access from old git versions over the + native protocol are unaffected by this option. </p> </dd> <dt> @@ -2629,7 +2640,7 @@ </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="footer-text"> -Last updated 29-Jun-2008 08:48:21 UTC +Last updated 02-Jul-2008 03:01:37 UTC </div> </div> </body>
