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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\r
2 <!DOCTYPE sect2 SYSTEM "../../../dtd/dblite.dtd">\r
3 <sect2 id="tsvn-dug-settings-main">\r
4         <?dbhh topicname="HIDD_SETTINGSMAIN"?>\r
5         <title>General Settings</title>\r
6         <indexterm>\r
7                 <primary>sounds</primary>\r
8         </indexterm>\r
9         <para>\r
10                 <figure id="tsvn-dug-settings-dia-main">\r
11                         <title>The Settings Dialog, General Page</title>\r
12                         <graphic fileref="../images/SettingsMain.png"/>\r
13                 </figure>\r
14                 This dialog allows you to specify your preferred language,\r
15                 and the Git-specific settings.\r
16         </para>\r
17         <variablelist>\r
18                 <varlistentry>\r
19                         <term>Language</term>\r
20                         <listitem>\r
21                                 <para>\r
22                                         Selects your user interface language.\r
23                                         What else did you expect?\r
24                                 </para>\r
25                         </listitem>\r
26                 </varlistentry>\r
27                 <varlistentry>\r
28                         <term>Automatically check for newer versions every week</term>\r
29                         <listitem>\r
30                                 <para>\r
31                                         If checked, TortoiseGit will contact its download site once a week \r
32                                         to see if there is a newer version of the program available.\r
33                                         Use <guibutton>Check now</guibutton> if you want an answer\r
34                                         right away. The new version will not be downloaded; you\r
35                                         simply receive an information dialog telling you that the\r
36                                         new version is available.\r
37                                 </para>\r
38                         </listitem>\r
39                 </varlistentry>\r
40                 <varlistentry>\r
41                         <term>System sounds</term>\r
42                         <listitem>\r
43                                 <para>\r
44                                         TortoiseGit has three custom sounds which are installed by default.\r
45                                         <itemizedlist>\r
46                                                 <listitem>\r
47                                                         <para>\r
48                                                         Error\r
49                                                         </para>\r
50                                                         </listitem>\r
51                                                 <listitem>\r
52                                                         <para>\r
53                                                         Notice\r
54                                                         </para>\r
55                                                 </listitem>\r
56                                                 <listitem>\r
57                                                         <para>\r
58                                                         Warning\r
59                                                         </para>\r
60                                                 </listitem>\r
61                                         </itemizedlist>\r
62                                         You can select different sounds (or turn these sounds\r
63                                         off completely) using the Windows Control Panel.\r
64                                         <guibutton>Configure</guibutton> is a shortcut to the Control Panel.\r
65                                 </para>\r
66                         </listitem>\r
67                 </varlistentry>\r
68         </variablelist>\r
69         <sect3 id="tsvn-dug-settings-look-feel">\r
70                 <title>Context Menu Settings</title>\r
71                 <?dbhh topicname="HIDD_SETTINGSLOOKANDFEEL"?>\r
72                 <para>\r
73                         <figure id="tsvn-dug-settings-dia-context">\r
74                                 <title>The Settings Dialog, Context Menu Page</title>\r
75                                 <graphic fileref="../images/SettingsContext.png"/>\r
76                         </figure>\r
77                         This page allows you to specify which of the TortoiseGit context menu\r
78                         entries will show up in the main context menu, and which will appear\r
79                         in the TortoiseGit submenu. By default most items are unchecked and\r
80                         appear in the submenu.\r
81                 </para>\r
82                 <para>\r
83                         Most of the time, you won't need the TortoiseGit context menu, apart\r
84                         for folders that are under version control by Git. For non-\r
85                         versioned folders, you only really need the context menu when you\r
86                         want to do a checkout. If you check the option <literal>Hide menus\r
87                         for unversioned paths</literal>, TortoiseGit will not add its entries\r
88                         to the context menu for unversioned folders. But the entries are\r
89                         added for all items and paths in a versioned folder. And you can\r
90                         get the entries back for unversioned folders by holding the \r
91                         <keycap>Shift</keycap> key down while showing the context menu.\r
92                 </para>\r
93                 <para>\r
94                         If there are some paths on your computer where you just don't want\r
95                         TortoiseGit's context menu to appear at all, you can list them in\r
96                         the box at the bottom.\r
97                 </para>\r
98         </sect3>\r
99         \r
100         <sect3 id="tsvn-dug-settings-look-feel">\r
101                 <title>Set Extend Menu Item</title>\r
102                 <?dbhh topicname="HIDD_SETTINGSEXTMENU"?>\r
103                 <para>\r
104                         <figure id="tsvn-dug-settings-ext-menu">\r
105                                 <title>The Settings Dialog, Set Extend Menu Item</title>\r
106                                 <graphic fileref="../images/SettingsExtendMenu.png"/>\r
107                         </figure>\r
108                         This page allows you to specify which of the TortoiseGit context menu\r
109                         entries will show up in the extend context menu (press <keycap>Shift</keycap>\r
110                         key on <action>right click</action>), \r
111                         and which will appear in the normal context menu. \r
112                         This config will help reduce the context menu number at normal usage case\r
113                         according to your usage module. \r
114                 </para>\r
115         </sect3>\r
116         \r
117         <sect3 id="tsvn-dug-settings-dialogs">\r
118                 <title>TortoiseGit Dialog Settings</title>\r
119                 <?dbhh topicname="HIDD_SETTINGSDIALOGS"?>\r
120                 <para>\r
121                         <figure id="tsvn-dug-settings-dia-dialogs">\r
122                                 <title>The Settings Dialog, Dialogs Page</title>\r
123                                 <graphic fileref="../images/SettingsDialog.png"/>\r
124                         </figure>\r
125                         This dialog allows you to configure some of TortoiseGit's\r
126                         dialogs the way you like them.\r
127                 </para>\r
128                 <variablelist>\r
129                         <varlistentry>\r
130                                 <term>Font for log messages</term>\r
131                                 <listitem>\r
132                                         <para>\r
133                                                 Selects the font face and size used to display the log\r
134                                                 message itself in the middle pane of the Revision Log\r
135                                                 dialog, and when composing log messages in the Commit\r
136                                                 dialog.\r
137                                         </para>\r
138                                 </listitem>\r
139                         </varlistentry>\r
140                         <varlistentry>\r
141                                 <term>Short date / time format in log messages</term>\r
142                                 <listitem>\r
143                                         <para>\r
144                                                 If the standard long messages use up too much \r
145                                                 space on your screen use the short format.\r
146                                         </para>\r
147                                 </listitem>\r
148                         </varlistentry>\r
149                         <varlistentry>\r
150                                 <term>apply --topo-order</term>\r
151                                 <listitem>\r
152                                         <para>\r
153                                                 Normally log entries/commits are ordered in descending order of the commit date.\r
154                                                 '--topo-order' makes the commits appear in topological order (i.e. descendant\r
155                                                 commits are shown before their parents). Not using this option, might break\r
156                                                 the graph in the log dialog. However, this option is slower, because all\r
157                                                 log entries have to be processed before displaying them.\r
158                                         </para>\r
159                                 </listitem>\r
160                         </varlistentry>\r
161                         <varlistentry>\r
162                                 <term>Can double-click in log list to compare with previous revision</term>\r
163                                 <listitem>\r
164                                         <para>\r
165                                                 If you frequently find yourself comparing revisions in the top\r
166                                                 pane of the log dialog, you can use this option to allow that\r
167                                                 action on double-click. It is not enabled by default because\r
168                                                 fetching the diff is often a long process, and many people\r
169                                                 prefer to avoid the wait after an accidental double-click,\r
170                                                 which is why this option is not enabled by default.\r
171                                         </para>\r
172                                 </listitem>\r
173                         </varlistentry>\r
174 <!--\r
175                         <varlistentry>\r
176                                 <term>Progress Dialog</term>\r
177                                 <listitem>\r
178                                         <para>\r
179                                                 TortoiseGit can automatically close all progress dialogs \r
180                                                 when the action is finished without error. This setting\r
181                                                 allows you to select the conditions for closing the\r
182                                                 dialogs. The default (recommended) setting is\r
183                                                 <guilabel>Close manually</guilabel>\r
184                                                 which allows you to review all messages and check what\r
185                                                 has happened. However, you may decide that you want to\r
186                                                 ignore some types of message and have the dialog\r
187                                                 close automatically if there are no critical changes.\r
188                                         </para>\r
189                                         <para>\r
190                                                 <guilabel>Auto-close if no merges, adds or deletes</guilabel>\r
191                                                 means that the progress dialog will close if there were\r
192                                                 simple updates, but if changes from the repository were\r
193                                                 merged with yours, or if any files were added or deleted,\r
194                                                 the dialog will remain open. It will also stay open if\r
195                                                 there were any conflicts or errors during the operation.\r
196                                         </para>\r
197                                         <para>\r
198                                                 <guilabel>Auto-close if no merges, adds or deletes for\r
199                                                 local operations</guilabel> means that the progress dialog\r
200                                                 will close as for <guilabel>Auto-close if no merges, adds\r
201                                                 or deletes</guilabel> but only for local operations like adding\r
202                                                 files or reverting changes. For remote operations the\r
203                                                 dialog will stay open.\r
204                                         </para>\r
205                                         <para>\r
206                                                 <guilabel>Auto-close if no conflicts</guilabel>\r
207                                                 relaxes the criteria further and will close the dialog\r
208                                                 even if there were merges, adds or deletes. However,\r
209                                                 if there were any conflicts or errors, the dialog\r
210                                                 remains open.\r
211                                         </para>\r
212                                         <para>\r
213                                                 <guilabel>Auto-close if no errors</guilabel>\r
214                                                 always closes the dialog even if there were conflicts.\r
215                                                 The only condition that keeps the dialog open is an\r
216                                                 error condition, which occurs when Git is unable\r
217                                                 to complete the task. For example, an update fails\r
218                                                 because the server is inaccessible, or a commit fails\r
219                                                 because the working copy is out-of-date.\r
220                                         </para>\r
221                                 </listitem>\r
222                         </varlistentry>\r
223 -->\r
224                         <varlistentry>\r
225                                 <term>Use recycle bin when reverting</term>\r
226                                 <listitem>\r
227                                         <para>\r
228                                                 When you revert local modifications, your changes are\r
229                                                 discarded. TortoiseGit gives you an extra safety net by\r
230                                                 sending the modified file to the recycle bin before\r
231                                                 bringing back the pristine copy. If you prefer to\r
232                                                 skip the recycle bin, uncheck this option.\r
233                                         </para>\r
234                                 </listitem>\r
235                         </varlistentry>\r
236                         <varlistentry>\r
237                                 <term>Use auto-completion of file paths and keywords</term>\r
238                                 <listitem>\r
239                                         <para>\r
240                                                 The commit dialog includes a facility to parse the list\r
241                                                 of filenames being committed. When you type the first 3\r
242                                                 letters of an item in the list, the auto-completion\r
243                                                 box pops up, and you can press Enter to complete the\r
244                                                 filename. Check the box to enable this feature.\r
245                                         </para>\r
246                                 </listitem>\r
247                         </varlistentry>\r
248                         <varlistentry>\r
249                                 <term>Timeout in seconds to stop the auto-completion parsing</term>\r
250                                 <listitem>\r
251                                         <para>\r
252                                                 The auto-completion parser can be quite slow if there are a lot\r
253                                                 of large files to check. This timeout stops the commit dialog\r
254                                                 being held up for too long. If you are missing important\r
255                                                 auto-completion information, you can extend the timeout.\r
256                                         </para>\r
257                                 </listitem>\r
258                         </varlistentry>\r
259                         <varlistentry>\r
260                                 <term>Max. items to keep in the log message history</term>\r
261                                 <listitem>\r
262                                         <para>\r
263                                                 When you type in a log message in the commit dialog, TortoiseGit\r
264                                                 stores it for possible re-use later. By default it will keep the\r
265                                                 last 25 log messages for each repository, but you can customize\r
266                                                 that number here.\r
267                                                 If you have many different repositories, you may wish to\r
268                                                 reduce this to avoid filling your registry.\r
269                                         </para>\r
270                                         <para>\r
271                                                 Note that this setting applies only to messages that you type\r
272                                                 in on this computer. It has nothing to do with the log cache.\r
273                                         </para>\r
274                                 </listitem>\r
275                         </varlistentry>\r
276                         <varlistentry>\r
277                                 <term>Select items automatically</term>\r
278                                 <listitem>\r
279                                         <para>\r
280                                                 The normal behaviour in the commit dialog is for all modified\r
281                                                 (versioned) items to be selected for commit automatically.\r
282                                                 If you prefer to start with nothing selected and pick the\r
283                                                 items for commit manually, uncheck this box.\r
284                                         </para>\r
285                                 </listitem>\r
286                         </varlistentry>\r
287                 </variablelist>\r
288         </sect3>\r
289         <sect3 id="tsvn-dug-settings-colours">\r
290                 <title>TortoiseGit Colour Settings</title>\r
291                 <?dbhh topicname="HIDD_SETTINGSCOLORS_1"?>\r
292                 <para>\r
293                         <figure id="tsvn-dug-settings-dia-colors">\r
294                                 <title>The Settings Dialog, Colours Page</title>\r
295                                 <graphic fileref="../images/SettingsColors.png"/>\r
296                         </figure>\r
297                         This dialog allows you to configure the text colours\r
298                         used in TortoiseGit's dialogs the way you like them.\r
299                 </para>\r
300                 <variablelist>\r
301                         <varlistentry>\r
302                                 <term>Possible or real conflict / obstructed</term>\r
303                                 <listitem>\r
304                                         <para>\r
305                                                 A conflict has occurred during update, or may occur during merge.\r
306                                                 Update is obstructed by an existing unversioned file/folder of\r
307                                                 the same name as a versioned one.\r
308                                         </para>\r
309                                         <para>\r
310                                                 This colour is also used for error messages in the progress dialogs.\r
311                                         </para>\r
312                                 </listitem>\r
313                         </varlistentry>\r
314                         <varlistentry>\r
315                                 <term>Added files</term>\r
316                                 <listitem>\r
317                                         <para>\r
318                                                 Items added to the repository.\r
319                                         </para>\r
320                                 </listitem>\r
321                         </varlistentry>\r
322                         <varlistentry>\r
323                                 <term>Missing / deleted / replaced</term>\r
324                                 <listitem>\r
325                                         <para>\r
326                                                 Items deleted from the repository, missing from the working\r
327                                                 copy, or deleted from the working copy and replaced with\r
328                                                 another file of the same name.\r
329                                         </para>\r
330                                 </listitem>\r
331                         </varlistentry>\r
332                         <varlistentry>\r
333                                 <term>Merged</term>\r
334                                 <listitem>\r
335                                         <para>\r
336                                                 Changes from the repository successfully merged into the WC\r
337                                                 without creating any conflicts.\r
338                                         </para>\r
339                                 </listitem>\r
340                         </varlistentry>\r
341                         <varlistentry>\r
342                                 <term>Modified / copied</term>\r
343                                 <listitem>\r
344                                         <para>\r
345                                                 Add with history, or paths copied in the repository.\r
346                                                 Also used in the log dialog for entries which include\r
347                                                 copied items.\r
348                                         </para>\r
349                                 </listitem>\r
350                         </varlistentry>\r
351                         <varlistentry>\r
352                                 <term>Deleted node</term>\r
353                                 <listitem>\r
354                                         <para>\r
355                                                 An item which has been deleted from the repository.\r
356                                         </para>\r
357                                 </listitem>\r
358                         </varlistentry>\r
359                         <varlistentry>\r
360                                 <term>Added node</term>\r
361                                 <listitem>\r
362                                         <para>\r
363                                                 An item which has been added to the repository, by an add, copy\r
364                                                 or move operation.\r
365                                         </para>\r
366                                 </listitem>\r
367                         </varlistentry>\r
368                         <varlistentry>\r
369                                 <term>Renamed node</term>\r
370                                 <listitem>\r
371                                         <para>\r
372                                                 An item which has been renamed within the repository.\r
373                                         </para>\r
374                                 </listitem>\r
375                         </varlistentry>\r
376                         <varlistentry>\r
377                                 <term>Replaced node</term>\r
378                                 <listitem>\r
379                                         <para>\r
380                                                 The original item has been deleted and a new item with\r
381                                                 the same name replaces it.\r
382                                         </para>\r
383                                 </listitem>\r
384                         </varlistentry>\r
385                 </variablelist>\r
386         </sect3>\r
387         <sect3 id="tsvn-dug-settings-colours2">\r
388                 <title>TortoiseGit Colour Settings 2</title>\r
389                 <?dbhh topicname="HIDD_SETTINGSCOLORS_2"?>\r
390                 <para>\r
391                         <figure id="tsvn-dug-settings-dia-colors2">\r
392                                 <title>The Settings Dialog, Colours Page</title>\r
393                                 <graphic fileref="../images/SettingsColors2.png"/>\r
394                         </figure>\r
395                         This dialog allows you to configure the text colours\r
396                         used in TortoiseGit's dialogs the way you like them.\r
397                 </para>\r
398         </sect3>\r
399         <sect3 id="tsvn-dug-settings-colours3">\r
400                 <title>TortoiseGit Colour Settings 3</title>\r
401                 <?dbhh topicname="HIDD_SETTINGSCOLORS_3"?>\r
402                 <para>\r
403                         <figure id="tsvn-dug-settings-dia-colors-3">\r
404                                 <title>The Settings Dialog, Colours Page</title>\r
405                                 <graphic fileref="../images/SettingsColors3.png"/>\r
406                         </figure>\r
407                         This dialog allows you to configure the line colours\r
408                         in the graph column used in TortoiseGit's log dialog the way you like them.\r
409                 </para>\r
410         </sect3>\r
411 </sect2>