Merge branch 'jn/make-header-dependency'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 85f763c4d0dc6656a45fa876b453d2cb34a72cb3..95cf73cd47961f76bc40fda08ccc79494a8da748 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -520,18 +520,12 @@ check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
 
 core.notesRef::
        When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
-       the given ref.  This ref is expected to contain files named
-       after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.  The ref
-       must be fully qualified.
+       the given ref.  The ref must be fully qualified.  If the given
+       ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
+       notes should be printed.
 +
-If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
-appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes (<refname>):"
-line (shortened to "Notes:" in the case of "refs/notes/commits").  If the
-given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
-notes should be printed.
-+
-This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by
-the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.
+This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
+the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable.  See linkgit:git-notes[1].
 
 core.sparseCheckout::
        Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
@@ -1481,6 +1475,16 @@ pager.<cmd>::
        it takes precedence over this option.  To disable pagination for
        all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
 
+pretty.<name>::
+       Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
+       linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
+       as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
+       running `git config pretty.changelog "format:{asterisk} %H %s"`
+       would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
+       to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:{asterisk} %H %s"`.
+       Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
+       will be silently ignored.
+
 pull.octopus::
        The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
        at once.