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advice.*::
These variables control various optional help messages designed to
aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
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ambiguousFetchRefspec::
Advice shown when a fetch refspec for multiple remotes maps to
the same remote-tracking branch namespace and causes branch
tracking set-up to fail.
fetchShowForcedUpdates::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-fetch[1] takes a long time
to calculate forced updates after ref updates, or to warn
that the check is disabled.
pushUpdateRejected::
Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
'pushNonFFCurrent', 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
'pushFetchFirst', 'pushNeedsForce', and 'pushRefNeedsUpdate'
simultaneously.
pushNonFFCurrent::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
pushNonFFMatching::
Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
pushAlreadyExists::
Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
pushFetchFirst::
Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
object we do not have.
pushNeedsForce::
Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
pushUnqualifiedRefname::
Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] gives up trying to
guess based on the source and destination refs what
remote ref namespace the source belongs in, but where
we can still suggest that the user push to either
refs/heads/* or refs/tags/* based on the type of the
source object.
pushRefNeedsUpdate::
Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects a forced update of
a branch when its remote-tracking ref has updates that we
do not have locally.
skippedCherryPicks::
Shown when linkgit:git-rebase[1] skips a commit that has already
been cherry-picked onto the upstream branch.
statusAheadBehind::
Shown when linkgit:git-status[1] computes the ahead/behind
counts for a local ref compared to its remote tracking ref,
and that calculation takes longer than expected. Will not
appear if `status.aheadBehind` is false or the option
`--no-ahead-behind` is given.
statusHints::
Show directions on how to proceed from the current
state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
the template shown when writing commit messages in
linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
by linkgit:git-switch[1] or
linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branches.
statusUoption::
Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
files.
commitBeforeMerge::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
resetNoRefresh::
Advice to consider using the `--no-refresh` option to
linkgit:git-reset[1] when the command takes more than 2 seconds
to refresh the index after reset.
resolveConflict::
Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
prevent the operation from being performed.
sequencerInUse::
Advice shown when a sequencer command is already in progress.
implicitIdentity::
Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
your information is guessed from the system username and
domain name.
detachedHead::
Advice shown when you used
linkgit:git-switch[1] or linkgit:git-checkout[1]
to move to the detached HEAD state, to instruct how to
create a local branch after the fact.
suggestDetachingHead::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-switch[1] refuses to detach HEAD
without the explicit `--detach` option.
checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName::
Advice shown when the argument to
linkgit:git-checkout[1] and linkgit:git-switch[1]
ambiguously resolves to a
remote tracking branch on more than one remote in
situations where an unambiguous argument would have
otherwise caused a remote-tracking branch to be
checked out. See the `checkout.defaultRemote`
configuration variable for how to set a given remote
to be used by default in some situations where this
advice would be printed.
amWorkDir::
Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
rmHints::
In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
addEmbeddedRepo::
Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one
git repo inside of another.
ignoredHook::
Advice shown if a hook is ignored because the hook is not
set as executable.
waitingForEditor::
Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for
editor input from the user.
nestedTag::
Advice shown if a user attempts to recursively tag a tag object.
submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie::
Advice shown when a submodule.alternateErrorStrategy option
configured to "die" causes a fatal error.
submodulesNotUpdated::
Advice shown when a user runs a submodule command that fails
because `git submodule update --init` was not run.
addIgnoredFile::
Advice shown if a user attempts to add an ignored file to
the index.
addEmptyPathspec::
Advice shown if a user runs the add command without providing
the pathspec parameter.
updateSparsePath::
Advice shown when either linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-rm[1]
is asked to update index entries outside the current sparse
checkout.
diverging::
Advice shown when a fast-forward is not possible.
worktreeAddOrphan::
Advice shown when a user tries to create a worktree from an
invalid reference, to instruct how to create a new unborn
branch instead.
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