Documentation/config/advice.txt

   1 advice.*::
   2         These variables control various optional help messages designed to
   3         aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
   4         can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
   5 +
   6 --
   7         ambiguousFetchRefspec::
   8                 Advice shown when a fetch refspec for multiple remotes maps to
   9                 the same remote-tracking branch namespace and causes branch
  10                 tracking set-up to fail.
  11         fetchShowForcedUpdates::
  12                 Advice shown when linkgit:git-fetch[1] takes a long time
  13                 to calculate forced updates after ref updates, or to warn
  14                 that the check is disabled.
  15         pushUpdateRejected::
  16                 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
  17                 'pushNonFFCurrent', 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
  18                 'pushFetchFirst', 'pushNeedsForce', and 'pushRefNeedsUpdate'
  19                 simultaneously.
  20         pushNonFFCurrent::
  21                 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
  22                 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
  23         pushNonFFMatching::
  24                 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
  25                 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
  26                 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
  27                 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
  28         pushAlreadyExists::
  29                 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
  30                 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
  31         pushFetchFirst::
  32                 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
  33                 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
  34                 object we do not have.
  35         pushNeedsForce::
  36                 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
  37                 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
  38                 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
  39                 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
  40         pushUnqualifiedRefname::
  41                 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] gives up trying to
  42                 guess based on the source and destination refs what
  43                 remote ref namespace the source belongs in, but where
  44                 we can still suggest that the user push to either
  45                 refs/heads/* or refs/tags/* based on the type of the
  46                 source object.
  47         pushRefNeedsUpdate::
  48                 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects a forced update of
  49                 a branch when its remote-tracking ref has updates that we
  50                 do not have locally.
  51         skippedCherryPicks::
  52                 Shown when linkgit:git-rebase[1] skips a commit that has already
  53                 been cherry-picked onto the upstream branch.
  54         statusAheadBehind::
  55                 Shown when linkgit:git-status[1] computes the ahead/behind
  56                 counts for a local ref compared to its remote tracking ref,
  57                 and that calculation takes longer than expected. Will not
  58                 appear if `status.aheadBehind` is false or the option
  59                 `--no-ahead-behind` is given.
  60         statusHints::
  61                 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
  62                 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
  63                 the template shown when writing commit messages in
  64                 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
  65                 by linkgit:git-switch[1] or
  66                 linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branches.
  67         statusUoption::
  68                 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
  69                 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
  70                 files.
  71         commitBeforeMerge::
  72                 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
  73                 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
  74         resetNoRefresh::
  75                 Advice to consider using the `--no-refresh` option to
  76                 linkgit:git-reset[1] when the command takes more than 2 seconds
  77                 to refresh the index after reset.
  78         resolveConflict::
  79                 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
  80                 prevent the operation from being performed.
  81         sequencerInUse::
  82                 Advice shown when a sequencer command is already in progress.
  83         implicitIdentity::
  84                 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
  85                 your information is guessed from the system username and
  86                 domain name.
  87         detachedHead::
  88                 Advice shown when you used
  89                 linkgit:git-switch[1] or linkgit:git-checkout[1]
  90                 to move to the detached HEAD state, to instruct how to
  91                 create a local branch after the fact.
  92         suggestDetachingHead::
  93                 Advice shown when linkgit:git-switch[1] refuses to detach HEAD
  94                 without the explicit `--detach` option.
  95         checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName::
  96                 Advice shown when the argument to
  97                 linkgit:git-checkout[1] and linkgit:git-switch[1]
  98                 ambiguously resolves to a
  99                 remote tracking branch on more than one remote in
 100                 situations where an unambiguous argument would have
 101                 otherwise caused a remote-tracking branch to be
 102                 checked out. See the `checkout.defaultRemote`
 103                 configuration variable for how to set a given remote
 104                 to be used by default in some situations where this
 105                 advice would be printed.
 106         amWorkDir::
 107                 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
 108                 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
 109         rmHints::
 110                 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
 111                 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
 112         addEmbeddedRepo::
 113                 Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one
 114                 git repo inside of another.
 115         ignoredHook::
 116                 Advice shown if a hook is ignored because the hook is not
 117                 set as executable.
 118         waitingForEditor::
 119                 Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for
 120                 editor input from the user.
 121         nestedTag::
 122                 Advice shown if a user attempts to recursively tag a tag object.
 123         submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie::
 124                 Advice shown when a submodule.alternateErrorStrategy option
 125                 configured to "die" causes a fatal error.
 126         submodulesNotUpdated::
 127                 Advice shown when a user runs a submodule command that fails
 128                 because `git submodule update --init` was not run.
 129         addIgnoredFile::
 130                 Advice shown if a user attempts to add an ignored file to
 131                 the index.
 132         addEmptyPathspec::
 133                 Advice shown if a user runs the add command without providing
 134                 the pathspec parameter.
 135         updateSparsePath::
 136                 Advice shown when either linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-rm[1]
 137                 is asked to update index entries outside the current sparse
 138                 checkout.
 139         diverging::
 140                 Advice shown when a fast-forward is not possible.
 141         worktreeAddOrphan::
 142                 Advice shown when a user tries to create a worktree from an
 143                 invalid reference, to instruct how to create a new unborn
 144                 branch instead.
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