1 branch.autoSetupMerge::
2 Tells 'git branch', 'git switch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
3 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
4 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
5 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
6 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
7 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
8 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
9 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
10 local branch or remote-tracking
11 branch. This option defaults to true.
13 branch.autoSetupRebase::
14 When a new branch is created with 'git branch', 'git switch' or 'git checkout'
15 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
16 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
17 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
18 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
20 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
21 remote-tracking branches.
22 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
24 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a
25 branch to track another branch.
26 This option defaults to never.
29 This variable controls the sort ordering of branches when displayed by
30 linkgit:git-branch[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
31 value of this variable will be used as the default.
32 See linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1] field names for valid values.
34 branch.<name>.remote::
35 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
36 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
37 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).
38 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
39 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is
40 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
41 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.
42 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
43 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
45 branch.<name>.pushRemote::
46 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
47 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing
48 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
49 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
50 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to
51 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
52 option to override it for a specific branch.
55 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
56 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
57 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
58 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
59 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
60 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
61 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
62 "branch.<name>.remote".
63 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
64 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
65 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
66 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
67 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
68 another branch in the local repository, you can point
69 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
70 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
72 branch.<name>.mergeOptions::
73 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
74 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
75 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
78 branch.<name>.rebase::
79 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
80 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
81 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
82 branch-specific manner.
84 When `merges` (or just 'm'), pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
85 so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
86 linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
88 When `preserve` (or just 'p', deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass
89 `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' so that locally committed merge
90 commits will not be flattened by running 'git pull'.
92 When the value is `interactive` (or just 'i'), the rebase is run in interactive
95 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
96 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
99 branch.<name>.description::
100 Branch description, can be edited with
101 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
102 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
103 request-pull summary.