The core.disambiguate variable was added in
5b33cb1fd7 ("get_short_sha1: make default disambiguation
configurable", 2016-09-27) but never documented.
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 2659153cb3..14a3d57e77 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -910,6 +910,19 @@ core.abbrev::
abbreviated object names to stay unique for some time.
The minimum length is 4.
+core.disambiguate::
+ If Git is given a SHA-1 that's ambigous it'll suggest what
+ objects you might mean. By default it'll print out all
+ potential objects with that prefix regardless of their
+ type. This setting, along with the `^{<type>}` peel syntax
+ (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]), allows for narrowing that down.
++
+Is set to `none` by default to show all object types. Can also be
+`commit` (peel syntax: `$sha1^{commit}`), `committish` (commits and
+tags), `tree` (peel: `$sha1^{tree}`), `treeish` (everything except
+blobs, peel syntax: `$sha1:`), `blob` (peel: `$sha1^{blob}`) or `tag`
+(peel: `$sha1^{tag}`). The peel syntax will override any config value.
+
add.ignoreErrors::
add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
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