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config documentation: some configs are auto-set by git-init

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Add documentation for core.ignorecase, and mention git-init
in core.filemode and core.symlinks.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Matthew Ogilvie 2009-11-22 19:07:30 -07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -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].
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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".
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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
@ -224,7 +240,11 @@ 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.
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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